Fog as far as the eye can see….not sure if that really makes sense, but thick fog and low cloud continues to blanket Waikato as we head into the last part of the afternoon.

With just a couple of hours until sunset, fog is still pea soup over parts of Waikato under high pressure and no wind.

It took until afternoon for fog to clear some parts of Auckland Harbour too after a patchy start this morning. Some areas were clear and sunny while others had thick fog – as is the nature of Auckland sometimes due to the hilly suburbs and coastal inlets.

There were fog patches nationwide this morning, with some in Southland recording a heavy frost then fog making for a very cold start to the day.

Here’s the latest satellite image, courtesy of the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The area in red is fog/low cloud as of 2:50pm.

There may be a few fog patches on Friday but generally speaking northerly quarter winds are kicking in on Friday and that will clear any possible fog.

Still foggy north Waikato @WeatherWatchNZ no washing or mowing lawns #gypsyday ‘cold’ as well pic.twitter.com/iloZ3qA32D

— belinda (@kiwifarming) May 25, 2017

4 hours later fog still hanging around! Harbour bridge is still covered in fog #cool #fog @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/ovKTI6SsIs

— Ian Ray (@ianray68) May 25, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ looking out from level 15 of the Waikato hospital car park just now. pic.twitter.com/COIcwoM0ao

— Steve McMillan (@stevemcmillan5) May 24, 2017

Socked in – Hobsonville Auckland @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/GuEhyhnqYU

— Tim (@Zoltuger) May 24, 2017

Westhaven Marina at 8am. A touch of fog @WeatherWatchNZ @MetService #weather pic.twitter.com/YDH3Zg6Hh5

— Ian Ray (@ianray68) May 24, 2017

Far cry from Monday! Extra thick #fog over #waikatoriver this morning â„ï¸â›„ï¸ pic.twitter.com/z1Lsl2pTGd

— Tania Bryant (@tania_lianne) May 24, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ @RodneyTimes
Lovely morning above the fog.
Looking towards Warkworth pic.twitter.com/uZjSHUw9fT

— Adrian Deane (@deanonzl) May 24, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ Found the fog. pic.twitter.com/rFlz9RHpDl

— TrueReckons (@Sherida7William) May 24, 2017

@WeatherWatchNZ What fog? pic.twitter.com/u6UiJkAjxd

— TrueReckons (@Sherida7William) May 24, 2017

6.10am flight from Hamilton to Chrustchurch tomorrow and already foggy as hell outside. Hope we are not delayed @WeatherWatchNZ

— Charlotte (@CharlotteLC1) May 24, 2017