ST. JAMES PARISH, La. - Super fog was reported across parts of southern Louisiana on Friday morning, reducing visibility to less than a quarter mile in some locations.

Super fog occurs when wildfire smoke from nearby fires is trapped near the Earth's surface and combines with regular fog .

WHAT IS SUPER FOG AND WHAT CAUSES IT?

The National Weather Service New Orleans issued a dense fog advisory earlier on Friday, with super fog reports coming in from local officials on local highways which were shutdown for the Friday morning commute.

The super fog posed no immediate threat to drift toward Interstate 10.

The contributing wildfires are small and are located in St. James, St. John and Lafourche Parishes.

The Louisiana cities that could be impacted by the super fog include LaPlace , Bat

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