Good morning. Alabama. I'm Michael Mosby. Step outside right now and you're walking straight into a wall of fog. Dense fog is blanketing the state this morning, cutting visibility down to a quarter mile or less in spots. Give yourself extra time if you're heading out. It should lift by 10 A.M., but until then, slow down and keep your headlights on. Once that fog clears, temperatures climb into the upper 70s to low 80s statewide — unseasonably warm for early March. Mobile hits 80 degrees. Birmingham reaches 77. Up in Huntsville, 76. But don't get too comfortable with that warmth, because the real story kicks in this afternoon. Thunderstorms fire up across central and northern Alabama between 2 and 7 P.M. These aren't your average spring showers. We're talking strong to severe storms with damaging wind gusts and large hail, potentially up to two in ...