Long-range guidance for those days show a weather front coming through with showers on Wednesday but would also shift the flow of air into the Maritimes to become more off the continent. There is the potential for a more significant break from the pattern Wednesday into Thursday of next week. Coordinates: 51.507N 0.127W The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. Areas of fog will have reduced visibility of. The yellow warning is in place from 4am until 10am for London, as well as much of the Midlands, East of England, and parts of Yorkshire. Fog and drizzle around the Bay of Fundy coastline in New Brunswick and the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia.Ĭloudier conditions and more, persistent showers, drizzle, and fog are expected on Monday and Tuesday of next week.Ĭloudier and with more widespread showers, drizzle, and fog on Monday. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog across much of England, including London. Two days later, they were under the lights at Wrigley. Chicago time, which means they were getting to the ballpark around 5 a.m. More muggy weather along with a chance of showers Sunday. The Cubs played a game Sunday in London which started at 9 a.m. The highest chance of sunny breaks for New Brunswick (except the Bay of Fundy coastline), Prince Edward Island, interior and eastern areas of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton.Īreas that have the sun break through will still have a chance of a passing shower during the day though. During the days some sunny breaking through is possible. The nights and morning of the weekend will have the most widespread cloud, drizzle, and fog. There is little change expected for the general weather pattern for the Canada Day long weekend.Ĭloudy with sunny breaks, humid, and with scattered showers Saturday. Occasional downpours and thunderstorms have accompanied the showers.Ī flow of humid air from the southern Atlantic will continue through the weekend for the Maritimes. The higher level of humidity is producing a muggy feel to the air, lots of cloud, showers, drizzle, and fog. The remnants of what once was Tropical Storm Cindy have also been feeding into our near-tropical levels of moisture as well. The unusually cold weather at the time and the onset of an anticyclone, a large scale circulation of winds, created the right environment for the fog.All week long, the region has been in a southerly flow that has brought humid air up from the subtropical Atlantic. The fog itself eventually evaporated but left an acidic cloud covering the city.
It looks as if it happened because the process of sulfur dioxide turning into sulfuric acid was facilitated by nitrogen dioxide, also a product of coal-burning, and it occured initially on the natural fog that had formed because of the weather conditions. Leader of the study, Renyi Zhang, determined that sulfate and sulfuric acid particles, formed from sulfur dioxide that's released from burning coal, were both elements of the dangerous fog, reports CBS News.
London fog weather or not full#
Us Londoners are used to foggy days and, unfortunately, pollution in the air, but this was on another level.įor a full five days, a fog that had dangerous pollutants in it covered the capital. Outlook for Wednesday to Friday: Unsettled Wednesday, with light rain moving south. Otherwise, some sunny spells developing but further cloud moving in later. Londoners are used to fog but this was different (Image: George Tsiagalakis/Wikimedia Commons) Tuesday: Areas of mist and fog are likely to prove slow to clear, perhaps persisting all day in some spots.
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