Monday, November 21, 2011

UK weather forecast: Fog cancels flights as gale force winds and frosts on the way | Mail Online

UK weather forecast: Fog cancels flights as gale force winds and frosts on the way | Mail Online

It is a bit unusual, these days, to get heavy fog. The Uk introduced the Clean Air Act and many other associated measures, regarding coal and coke burning, decades ago. Heavy industry was mainly converted to gas for any heat applications and steam trains where taken out of service to be replaced by initially diesel engines, followed by electric ones.
All of these measures got rid of the heavy fogs which descended in October/December on the Uk. I can remember, many times, crawling along lit roads, in a car, at 10 mph, with all lights on in what were known as pea soupers!!
I would guess that this current fog is not due to air quality but actually due to warm air rising and meeting cold air above, forming a heavy mist. This, in conjunction with frost and/or snow and ice, will make driving conditions atrocious. There will be many more multiply smashes on the roads as there was in Germany last week and in England the week before.
Drivers must realise that they may be in a nice warm comfort zone but conditions outside are bad. Even with all of the new technology, fitted to cars, these days, if you can't see or start to slide, then you are in trouble. So please slow down and drive within the conditions that you find yourself to be in at the time.

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