Zero visibility

The fog is so thick this morning the weatherman said in certain areas visibility was down to "zero."  I guess that means you might as well go out and drive with a paper bag over your head.  To add to our misery, the fog is freezing and thick white frost coats every surface of your car.  The furnace runs and runs, but the house still feels chilly. The irony is that down here at sea level the temperatures were in the 20's and 30's yesterday, but a few thousand feet up it was sunny and in the 50s. Spring skiing conditions in the mountains.

 

Even worse than gloomy fog, these winter inversions trap pollution at the surface until marine air finally comes in to wash it away.  Rain isn't expected in Seattle until the middle of next week.