Met Office Issues Fog Warning as UK Conditions Create ‘Perfect Recipe’ for Travel Disruption

UK fog weather warning, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): The Met Office has said weather conditions across the UK are creating a “perfect recipe” for fog, warning that travel may be disrupted.

A yellow weather warning runs from 6pm on Sunday until 11am on Monday. The affected areas include most of southern England, excluding the south-west, and the entirety of the Midlands.

The warning also covers pockets of northern England and Wales, with fog expected in Liverpool, Sheffield, York, Cardiff and Wrexham.

Niamh Murray, a Met Office operational meteorologist, said there would still be patchy fog elsewhere, though not as dense or impactful. Parts of the West Country, Northern Ireland and much of the rest of the UK could also see fog, even reaching into the central belt of Scotland.

Murray explained that autumn and winter bring much longer nights, allowing temperatures to fall for longer and to get much closer to the level needed for air to become saturated and form fog. She told the Press Association that light winds, clear skies and long nights create the conditions for fog to develop, and that it can be stubborn to clear the following day when temperatures are below freezing.

The Met Office said the fog may be densest overnight on Monday in rural areas such as parts of the Midlands, Wales and East Anglia, with air frost possible. It warned that visibility could fall to as little as 50 metres or less in parts of the UK, which could cause delays to bus and train services.

Delays and cancellations for flights in and out of the country are also possible due to the heavy fog.

Murray said rainfall following the fog could benefit parts of the UK, such as the south-west, which has suffered drought in recent months. She added that across the south-west, where severe drought has been declared and is still enforced by the Environment Agency, there is a chance of very slow-moving rain, with accumulations potentially reaching 50 to 70mm.