EGQS — RAF Lossiemouth

fog forecast & climatology · Lossiemouth, Moray city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 9 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
52 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
September and December
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=197)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year RAF Lossiemouth spends 52 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in September and December. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~3 hJanFebruary: ~2 hFebMarch: ~1 hMarApril: ~4 hAprMay: ~7 hMayJune: ~4 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~4 hAugSeptember: ~9 hSepOctober: ~2 hOctNovember: ~4 hNovDecember: ~7 hDec
Fog season is January, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December, peaking in September; fog is mostly a 2 AM–7 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.