Cars driving in foggy conditions on the M20 near Folkestone in Kent. Picture date: Sunday December 29, 2024. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

UK weather: Yellow warning for fog issued by Met Office | UK News

The Met Workplace has issued a yellow climate warning for fog, which covers an enormous swathe of England and elements of Wales.

Fog is anticipated to persist by means of Thursday morning – and will probably be “dense” with “visibility under 100m” in some locations, forecasters have mentioned.

The climate warning stretches from Exeter and Cardiff as much as Hull, protecting cities together with Oxford, Peterborough, Birmingham and Lincoln.

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The Met Workplace web site states: “A few of the fog will are likely to skinny and raise into low cloud throughout elements of southern England and the southeast Midlands by daybreak, however is more likely to persist in a hall from southwest England by means of the remainder of the Midlands to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire till late morning.”

The warning is in place till 11am on Thursday.

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Drivers are being urged to verify circumstances and ensure their fog lights are working earlier than setting out.

Buses, trains, flights and ferry journey might all be affected by the climate, the Met Workplace has mentioned.

The warning comes simply after the tip of a chilly snap which noticed temperatures within the UK drop to virtually -20C.

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Temperatures fell to -18.7C in Altnaharra, a hamlet within the Scottish Highlands, on Friday – making it the UK’s coldest January evening in 15 years.

Snow has additionally induced journey disruption journey up to now week. Manchester Airport was compelled to shut each its runways final Thursday, whereas roads in Cornwall and Devon have been closed.

Tons of of colleges throughout England, Scotland and Wales have been additionally compelled to close.