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Foggy start to the week

Ben Domensino, Tuesday May 16, 2017 - 15:33 AEST

Melbourne is going for a fog trifecta tomorrow.

The Victorian capital city has been swallowed by fog for the past two mornings and is looking at number three on the trot on Wednesday.

Monday morning's gloom reduced visibility to just 200 metres at Melbourne's Olympic Park weather station at 7am. Earlier today, a veil of fog shrouded the city once again and lingered well into the morning in some eastern and southwestern suburbs. Visibility was still down to just 400 metres in Werribee at 10am.

Light winds and clear skies underneath a slow-moving ridge of high pressure during the past two nights caused temperatures to drop far enough to produce fog each morning.

Melbourne reached a low of 5.6 degrees this morning, making it the city's coldest start so far this year. Melbourne Airport's 3.6 degrees this morning was five below average for this time of year.

Tomorrow, similar conditions are expected to cause fog once again in parts of Melbourne, most likely in the eastern suburbs. However, it will not be as widespread or long-lasting as this morning.

Like the last two mornings, fog will also be widespread through other areas of central and eastern Victoria and along the tablelands, slopes and ranges in New South Wales tomorrow.

- Weatherzone

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