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Dense fog poses a driving hazard during South Florida morning rush hour

If you’re feeling foggy this morning, it’s not just you.

Patchy, dense fog is stretching across portions of South Florida early Thursday — and forecasters are asking drivers to slow down and be careful on the road during rush hour.

The fog is particularly thick in western and metro Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, with visibility in some areas likely reduced to a mile, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters say the most dense fog is in West Kendall, Homestead and the Redland. But with “spotty” fog spread out across South Florida, you may see some pockets of thick fog during your commute through Miami-Dade and Broward.

WSVN meteorologist Vivian Gonzalez expects the patchy, dense fog to stay at least through 8 a.m. in most of Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

The weather service is reminding drivers that “dense fog makes it difficult to see what’s ahead” and is asking drivers to turn on their low-beam headlights and leave extra distance. . Drivers should also take it slower, which means you should plan for potential delays.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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