Freezing Fog Leaves a Light Coating in parts of NJ

It was certainly a rare thing for parts of New Jersey. Fog dense enough combining with below freezing temperatures that it left a light coating of ice on many surfaces, including trees this morning. The three pictures below were taken at my South Jersey home just around sunrise. While the sun melted the ice quickly, it was a beautiful site to see for those who were up and about early in areas that got the fog. I cannot recall seeing freezing fog leaving this much ice on the trees in all the years following the weather.

Wrightstown reported 8 hours of freezing fog.

Mount Holly reported 2 hours of freezing fog.

Lakehurst reported 1 hour of freezing fog.

Millville reported 2 hours of freezing fog.

Many other sites, including these, reported fog and mist with below freezing temperatures, but "freezing fog" was not recorded.

More Freezing Fog

Freezing fog has been reported early this morning in Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean Counties. As an actual observer of this fog while driving, visibility was down to zero in patches on some roadways I traveled on in this area. This fog was producing a light layer of moisture on road surfaces. With temperatures well below freezing, this fog is likely putting a thin coating of hazardous ice on roadways. Slow down and use extreme caution if you encounter this dense and freezing fog.
This fog could become more widespread overnight.

Hazardous Dense and Freezing Fog

Ideal conditions are in existence tonight across the Raritan and Delaware Valleys for fog formation. Temperatures are also below freezing in many areas. Some of the fog is dense in nature and as a result, we are getting some areas of freezing fog. Actual observation sites in Trenton and in Millville are reporting freezing fog. This kind of fog is very hazardous as it leaves a thin coating of ice on untreated surfaces. In Millville, the temperature dropped to 27 degrees. Elsewhere, temperatures are around the range of 30 to 32 degrees.

The coating of snow that also fell this afternoon and this evening has left roadways very moist. Use caution if traveling across the Garden State overnight into Saturday Morning. This is the type of situation which can lead to multiple-vehicle accidents.