{"id":720158,"date":"2026-06-07T02:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720158\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T02:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:13:11","slug":"perth-traffic-heavy-fog-blanketing-city-prompts-low-visibility-warning-for-city-motorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720158\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Heavy fog blanketing city prompts low visibility warning for city motorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Residents across Perth have awoken on Sunday morning to find a heavy fog is blanketing the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The CBD and Perth\u2019s northern suburbs have received the worst of the eerie conditions, with major roads like the Mitchell Freeway coated in a thick haze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Senior Bureau meteorologist Luke Huntington told PerthNow the fog should be lifted by mid morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cClear skies and light winds overnight allowed the temperature to cool down and reach saturation point, which is when we see fog like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9c24c6fd6aad1dd949466ab46818782c68442d60.jpg\" alt=\"Thick fog over the Perth CBD this morning. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThick fog over the Perth CBD this morning.  Credit: Michael Wilson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt is mainly contained to the northern suburbs.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The misty conditions have prompted Main Roads to issue an urgent warning to motorists braving the roads this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Due to reduced visibility, drivers are urged to switch their headlights on and ensure they keep a safe breaking distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Anyone travelling on the roads is also encouraged to drive with caution and consider allowing extra travel time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Monday will bring showers and windy conditions to most of Perth, with a high of 20 degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents across Perth have awoken on Sunday morning to find a heavy fog is blanketing the city. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,1191,45,1192],"class_list":["post-720158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}