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Fog warning in place for 17 counties with temperatures to drop to -3 degrees tonight

The warning came into effect at 4pm and will remain in place until 6am.

LAST UPDATE | 27 Nov 2024

MET ÉIREANN HAS issued a Status Yellow weather warning for fog across 17 counties which came into effect earlier this evening.

The warning began at 4pm and lasts until 6am tomorrow across Cavan, Dublin, Donegal, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, and all of Connacht. 

Met Éireann forecasts patches of fog, as well as freezing fog, which will thicken this evening and tonight.

The Road Safety Authority says motorists should ensure their fog lights are on and warn that fog impacts on your judgement of speed, so you could speed up without realising it.

Fog also makes taillights look further away than they really are, so motorists should slow down and drive a safe distance from vehicles in front.

Freezing fog meanwhile can make it difficult to keep your windscreen clear, and motorists should use a defrost setting if their car has one or direct their car heaters towards the windscreen.

Meanwhile, the RSA advises that when motorists are at a junction, they should roll down the window and turn off the radio to listen for signs of approaching traffic.

It has also reminded motorists to switch off their fog lights when the fog clears.

It’s been a cold day so far, with fog lingering in parts of the midlands, leading to difficult travelling conditions.

There’s been daytime highs of just 3 to 7 degrees, but colder where any fog lingers.

It will be cold tonight, with widespread frost and some icy patches.

It will remain dry with clear spells for most overnight but will turn cloudier in the southwest later with patchy light rain developing near southwest coasts by morning.

There’ll be lowest overnight temperatures of -3 to 0 degrees but turning less cold in Munster with the arrival of the rain.

Tomorrow morning, there will be some hazy sunshine in the north and east but it will be a cloudy and damp start in the south and west, with outbreaks of rain.

Rain and drizzle will spread across most of the country through the afternoon, but rainfall totals will be small in the east and northeast.

It’ll be warmer tomorrow too, with highest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees.

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    Mute Gerard Carey
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    Nov 27th 2024, 3:19 PM

    The amount of people going around with front fog lights on all the time is unbelievable.
    They must think they are fancy little spot lights.

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    Mute Alex
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    Nov 27th 2024, 3:29 PM

    @Gerard Carey: Yeah or people using their fog light instead of standard light. Complete muppets on the road.

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    Mute Marvin Dollery
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    Nov 27th 2024, 3:54 PM

    @Gerard Carey: Are you sure they’re not Daytime Running Lights? Perfectly normal if so, and oftentimes brighter than foglights.

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    Mute Jerry LeFrog
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    Nov 27th 2024, 3:54 PM

    @Gerard Carey: yup, another pet peeve of mine. Day or night, rain or shine.
    Some are complete muppets, others think they see better with them on.
    And you have those who switch on their rear fog lights as well, to get the full Xmas effect and make sure they dazzle everyone and are a complete danger on the roads

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    Mute Thesaltyurchin
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:00 PM

    This is all very Statler and Waldorf

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    Mute Brian Hunt
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:15 PM

    @Thesaltyurchin: Good ol’ Statler and Waldorf, fine gentlemen!

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    Mute Alan Moloney
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:32 PM

    @Alex: planty of muppets around l see them every day

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    Mute Andrew Harrington
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:35 PM

    @Marvin Dollery: If the light is below bumper level it is a fog light and may only be used in fog or falling snow.

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    Mute Marvin Dollery
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:57 PM

    @Andrew Harrington: Who said they were below the bumper?

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    Mute Jonathan Hanlon
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    Nov 27th 2024, 6:04 PM

    @Gerard Carey: yep, was told their not good lights by a friend. They’d have them on all the time

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    Mute Gerard Carey
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    Nov 27th 2024, 6:20 PM

    @Marvin Dollery: Yep I’m sure.
    Headlights and Front Fog lights on.

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    Mute Maurice Whelan
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    Nov 28th 2024, 9:03 PM

    @Andrew Harrington: or very heavy Rain especially on motorway
    Ok

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    Mute Maurice Whelan
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    Nov 28th 2024, 9:04 PM

    @Marvin Dollery: daytime running lights are useless, the rerelights don’t come on on these, needed in heavy rain and fog etc

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    Mute Frank Mc Carthy
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    Nov 27th 2024, 3:15 PM

    Some good & timely advice there. I once said to my neighbour that her fog lights appeared to be ON ( this was evening time in summer)….lovely lady ( since passed R.I.P) honestly didn’t even know the car HAD rear fog lights / or where the switch was

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    Nov 27th 2024, 6:09 PM

    Three female drivers passed me today in heavy fog wearing sunglasses !! Two “N” drivers (male) passed me today with no lights on whatsoever, one of which had to be doing 130 in a 100 zone!! Lunacy!!

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    Mute Willie Marty
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    Nov 27th 2024, 6:28 PM

    @Lulu: those good looking female drivers are a total distraction on the roads.

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    Mute Larry Betts
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    Nov 27th 2024, 6:46 PM

    @Willie Marty: But Willie……….what about the Miss stress?

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    Mute Elizabeth Doyle
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    Nov 27th 2024, 8:58 PM

    @Willie Marty: grow up,for heavens sake.Ive been driving over 70 years.!!!

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    Mute Thesaltyurchin
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    Nov 27th 2024, 4:14 PM

    Have got to the stage where sometimes adverse weather conditions means an easier commute, so quite enjoy this.

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    Mute Ann Nugent
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    Nov 27th 2024, 7:01 PM

    Not to mention people breaking red lights ,not indicating,ECT.

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