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Fog warning for 15 Welsh counties from 6pm on 8 November, with visibility down to 50 metres

The Met Office yellow warning runs from 6pm on Sunday 8 November to 11am on Monday, from Conwy and Gwynedd to Cardiff and Monmouthshire. Dense patches could cut visibility to around 50 metres or less.

Louise Pryce ·

Misty morning on Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff, in October 2016. Archive picture, not this week's fog. Photo: Jeremy Segrott from Cardiff, Wales, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff, on a misty morning in October 2016. Archive picture, not this week's fog. Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Original photographCC BY 2.0

A Met Office yellow warning of fog covers 15 Welsh counties from 6pm on Sunday until 11am on Monday: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan and Wrexham. The Met Office says fog patches will form readily again during Sunday evening and overnight, becoming extensive by Monday morning. Some dense patches are expected, with visibility down to around 50 metres or less in some places. The fog is forecast to thin slowly later on Monday morning.

Met Office yellow fog warning, 6pm Sunday to 11am Monday

3 figures

Welsh counties covered
15
Lowest visibility in dense patches
50m
Warning length
17 hours

Source: Met Office

What it means for travel

The Met Office warns of difficult travel conditions and possible delays. The warning covers the morning commute in the Cardiff, Newport and north-east Wales areas. No other Met Office warnings are listed for Wales for the rest of the week, with none shown from Tuesday 10 November to Saturday 14 November.

Before you set out

Check the Met Office warnings page and your operator's service updates before travelling on Monday morning. Drivers should allow extra time and slow down.

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