Perth weather: Perth wakes to heavy fog blanketing city

Perth has been blanketed by a thick layer of fog this morning.

Only the tops of skyscrapers in the Perth CBD could be seen poking above the fog.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the fog had formed due to light winds and moisture.

Main Roads issued a warning to motorists this morning that the fog was reducing visibility across a number of suburbs.

Drivers were urged to turn on their headlights, ensure a safe braking distance between cars and to and allow extra travel time.

BOM shared a satellite image this morning, showing the “branching” where the fog gathered in the valleys.

The white-out even affected visibility ahead of the Fremantle Dockers training session this morning.

BOM said the fog is expected to clear later today.

It was another freezing morning with temperatures dipping to below 3C, though was positively balmy compared with yesterday’s bitterly cold dip when Perth dropped to 1.9C — the coldest we had experienced in two years.

Thankfully temperatures are expected to warm up over the next few days.

PERTH FORECAST (source: BoM)

Wednesday: 17C — Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog, most likely over eastern suburbs. Light winds.

Thursday: 5C (min), 17C (max)— Partly cloudy. Light winds.

Friday: 6C (min), 18C (max) — Partly cloudy. Light winds.

Saturday: 6C (min), 19C (max) — Mostly sunny. Light winds.

Sunday: 8C (min), 19C (max) — Showers. Very high (95%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h turning north to northwesterly during the day.

Monday: 11C (min), 19C (max) — Showers. Very high (near 100%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Tuesday: 11C (min), 17C (max) — Showers. Very high (near 100%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h turning westerly during the morning.