{"id":115085,"date":"2026-02-16T09:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115085\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:13:08","slug":"dense-fog-will-be-in-place-for-the-holiday-morning-commute-in-the-pittsburgh-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115085\/","title":{"rendered":"Dense fog will be in place for the holiday morning commute in the Pittsburgh area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dense fog is expected to be in place throughout the morning commute in the Pittsburgh area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=PBZ&amp;wwa=dense%20fog%20advisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory<\/a> for all of western Pennsylvania along with eastern Ohio and the panhandle of West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The dense fog advisory will be in place through 11 a.m. on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NWS said to expect visibility of less than 1\/4 of a mile, adding that pockets of freezing fog could be possible, which can cause for slick spots on roads and sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We haven\u2019t seen a foggy morning like this in a while. A dense fog advisory are in place through 11 a.m. for all of western Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edVCUfyD2H\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/edVCUfyD2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Smiley \ud83d\ude04 (@RonSmileyWx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonSmileyWx\/status\/2023311576955031890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,&#8221; the NWS said in their advisory. &#8220;Pockets of freezing fog could also result in a glaze of ice on elevated surfaces and cause slick spots on roads and sidewalks, especially across portions of western Pennsylvania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NWS said that when driving, be sure to slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance in front of you while on the road.<\/p>\n<p>While the fog is expected to be an issue for the morning commute, traffic is expected to be lighter than a typical Monday due to the President&#8217;s Day holiday with offices closed and several schools not in session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dense fog is expected to be in place throughout the morning commute in the Pittsburgh area. The National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[26668,7554,3687,73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-115085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-dense-fog-advisory","9":"tag-first-alert-weather","10":"tag-national-weather-service","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","13":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}