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Florida – A thick blanket of dense fog hangs over Tampa Bay this morning, muting headlights and slowing drivers on I-75 and I-275 as the weekend begins. Visibility in some areas drops under a quarter mile, leaving bridges and coastal causeways especially tricky to navigate. The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay has issued a Dense Fog Advisory in effect until 10 A.M., urging drivers to use low beams and allow extra distance between vehicles.
Once the fog lifts, skies stay mostly cloudy with a mild breeze and highs around 80°F. But this pattern won’t hold for long — meteorologists are tracking a series of weak Gulf disturbances that will bring increasing rain chances by Sunday, with isolated showers possible later in the afternoon and evening…