Status Yellow Fog Warning issued for much of the country

A Status Yellow Fog Warning is in place for much of the country. Issued at 3pm today, forecasters at Met Éireann have said that it will remain in place until 6am tomorrow morning. 

Warning against dense areas of thickening fog this evening, motorists are advised to exercise extreme caution on the roads.

According to the national forecaster, tonight will be cloudy and mostly dry at first with light rain and drizzle moving southeastwards across Ulster overnight. Mist and fog will become widespread throughout Munster, Connacht and Leinster as the evening goes on with lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.

Fog Warning has been issued

Status: yellow
Location: Munster, Connacht & Leinster
Valid: until 6am Monday morning

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— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) November 29, 2020

Tomorrow is likely to bring further outbreaks of rain and drizzle with that expected to be most persistent in the northwest. Temperatures to become “much colder and more unsettled from midweek”.

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