Disruptive fog to stick around into weekend, forecasters say
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Fog which has caused disruption to flights at some of the UK’s busiest airports will persist into the weekend, forecasters have said. The murky weather has shrouded much of the country over the past few days and shows little sign of abating yet. In some areas, thick fog patches could reduce visibility down to just 100 metres overnight and into Saturday, the Met Office said.
The national weather service has not yet issued warnings for fog but said it will monitor the situation overnight. “It’s that time of year when people are travelling around the country a lot and there are a lot of people on the roads,” Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick told the PA news agency.
“There is a lot of fog covering much of England, mainly the South East and central England, but the rest of the country is seeing quite a bit of thick fog too. “It will be pretty murky on Saturday morning and there will still be fog patches that will take a little longer to clear.”.
There was some disruption to flights at Gatwick and Manchester, the UK’s second and third busiest airports, because of fog on Friday and this could continue if the misty weather persists as forecast. Flights were delayed by up to three hours from Gatwick on Friday evening due to poor conditions.
A spokesperson for Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control provider, said on Friday: “Due to widespread fog, temporary air traffic restrictions are in place at several airports across the UK today. Restrictions of this sort are only ever applied to maintain safety.
