The East Tennessee area is under a patchy fog advisory issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Morristown TN. Visibility has dropped to a precarious one-quarter of a mile or less due to the dense fog enveloping parts of southwest North Carolina, east Tennessee, and southwest Virginia. According to the National Weather Service advisory, these conditions are expected to linger until 9 AM EDT this morning.
Drivers facing these treacherous conditions are urged to exercise extreme caution, slow down, and utilize low-beam headlights to navigate the obscured roadways; this fog may dissipate with the passage of a weak cold front expected to move through the region.
Despite the fog-related complications, no other hazardous weather is anticipated in the area over the next several days as reported in the Hazardous Weather Outlook by NWS for the regions of southwest North Carolina, east Tennessee, and southwest Virginia, providing a brief respite following recent flood-related woes.
In a separate alert, a flood warning remains in effect for Knox and Sevier counties due to a dam floodgate release at Douglas Lake which has been causing downstream flooding, certain low-lying communities have been inexorable in the face of this deluge, notably, the entrance to Deerfield Mobile home park is reportedly inundated with 2 to 3 feet of water.
The weather ahead looks to be a mix of cloudy and sunny days, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms later in the week, as per the detailed forecast provided by NWS Knoxville, with calm winds and a pleasant mix of temperatures ranging from the low 50s at night to mid-80s by day signals a steady transition into the fall season
