Met Office issues yellow warning for fog across southern England and Midlands
A yellow weather warning has been issued for fog that could disrupt travel in much of southern England, the Midlands and parts of northern England and Wales until Monday morning.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog from 6 p.m. on Sunday until 11 a.m. on Monday. The alert covers most of southern England (excluding the south-west), the entire Midlands and includes pockets of northern England and Wales, with fog expected in cities such as Liverpool, Sheffield, York, Cardiff and Wrexham.
Met Office operational meteorologist Niamh Murray told the Press Association that the current combination of light winds, clear skies and long autumn nights creates conditions favourable for dense fog. She noted that fog may be less dense in some areas but could still appear across much of the UK, including the West Country and Northern Ireland, and potentially persist into the central belt of Scotland.
The service warned that visibility could fall to 50 metres or less, leading to possible delays and cancellations on bus, train and flight services. The fog is expected to be most concentrated overnight on Monday in rural parts of the Midlands, Wales and East Anglia, with air frost also possible.
Murray added that any rainfall following the fog could bring much-needed moisture to the south-west, where a severe drought has been declared, potentially delivering 50-70 mm of rain over a slow-moving period.