Fog, storms as autumn weather gets weird

A band of fog in Brisbane today. PIC: Jono Searle Source: The Courier-Mail

FOG this morning, storms this afternoon - that's the weather mix for the southeast today.

Thunderstorms have been predicted to sweep across the southeast this afternoon.

With cloud clustering during the day, the Bureau of Meteorology has predicted isolated thunderstorms would hit parts of the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich.

While temperatures will hover between 25 and 27 for the rest of the day, fresh southwest to southeast winds will pick up on the Sunshine Coast and grow into strong gusts during the afternoon thunderstorms.

Gold Coast can also expect strong gusty winds for the afternoon and a few showers in the late morning.

This morning, Brisbane woke to fog clouding the city and reduced visibility led to traffic warnings on the Pacific Motorway.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Matthew Bass said some areas around the inner western suburbs and over the city were down to 100m visibility.

"Down the southern suburbs overnight we've had a reasonable amount of low level moisture with light winds and a weak ridge creating a little fog."

Brisbane city, Ipswich and Amberley is experiencing 100m visibility while at Archerfield visibility is sitting at 1km.

Motorists have been warned of fog on the Pacific Motorway at Loganholme.

"Getting into the later parts of autumn and winter we will see more fogs around Brisbane," Mr Bass said.

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