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Foggy start to the weekend for Sydney

Drew Casper-Richardson, Saturday October 25, 2014 - 11:16 AEDT

Thick fog engulfed the Sydney Basin on Saturday morning dropping visibility as low as 100m in some suburbs.

Those in the western suburbs awoke to the thickest of the fog. At Camden the visibility dropped as low as 100m. Even at 8am as the fog had started to clear in other areas visibility was still just 150m at Camden. Elsewhere in the west visibility dropped to 200m in Holsworthy and Richmond, 450m at Olympic Park and 500m at Bankstown.

The coast didn't escape the grey start to the weekend. While the Harbour Bridge was shrouded in fog the visibility at the airport dropped to just 250m.

As the sun climbed higher in the sky the fog started to burn off quickly, revealing a cloudless blue sky.

The fog formed due to high humidity levels and light winds overnight.

A southerly change moving up the New South Wales coast on Saturday will bring a slightly drier airmass with it. Despite this there remains plenty of moisture in the air and this coupled with light winds brings the risk of fog once again on Sunday morning.

- Weatherzone

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