The National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard has issued a Dense Fog Advisory which will remain in effect until 10 AM PST this morning. Los Angeles County coastal areas, including Downtown Los Angeles, and the Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast are enveloped in a blanket of dense fog, reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less.
According to the extended forecast, the foggy conditions are expected to lift later in the morning, revealing sunny skies with highs edging around 80 degrees. The calm, present throughout the morning, is set to become a west southwest wind around 5 mph. Despite the inconvenience, the dense fog advisory serves as a precaution; residents and travelers should slow down, safely to use headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead while driving.
Tonight, patchy dense fog is forecasted to develop after 10 PM, leading into an increasing cloud cover with temperatures dropping to a low around 51 degrees. Moving into Saturday, foggy conditions will continue intermittently, with patchy dense fog expected before 10 AM and then reappearing after 4 PM. Throughout the day, the weather will shift from cloudy in the early hours to gradual clearing, as the temperatures climb close to a comfortable 77 degrees…