The Met Office has tonight (Friday) issued a warning for freezing fog in parts of the country. Forecasters say that by Saturday morning, the fog could be so dense that visibility drops to below 100 metres in some places
The yellow weather warning has been issued to run between 2am and 11am. It covers parts of England, including the Midlands, Yorkshire, Cheshire and much of the South West, and Wales.
Travel delays are likely, while untreated surfaces could become slippery, reports PA.
The Met Office said: “Freezing fog is expected to develop during Friday night and will be slow to clear in places through Saturday morning. Some fog could be quite dense with the visibility falling below 100 metres at times.
“Western England is more likely to see freezing fog persist into late morning and in a few places into the afternoon.”
It comes after temperatures plunged below minus 10C in parts of the UK this week amid snowy and icy conditions. Drumnadrochit near Inverness in the Highlands hit minus 10.4C in the early hours of Thursday, making it the coldest recorded temperature of the year so far.
Manchester Airport was also forced to close both its runways for a period due to heavy snowfall.
