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Weather: Fogbows captured across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex

BBC Weather Watchers/AmandaHappyCat Fogbow over the coast at Horsey in NorfolkBBC Weather Watchers/AmandaHappyCat
Fogbows were seen around England's East Coast on the weekend before Christmas, including at Horsey in Norfolk

A weather phenomenon known as a fogbow thrilled visitors around England's East Coast over the weekend as conditions presented perfectly to create the near-colourless arch effect.

"On Saturday, the low cloud and fog thinned along parts of our coast, allowing the sun to break through, while fog persisted inland," explained WeatherQuest meteorologist and BBC Look East forecaster Dan Holley.

"This created ideal conditions for fogbows."

BBC Weather Watchers were quick to capture the moment as a number of fogbows materialised off the coast in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

BBC Weather Watchers/WhateverTheWeather Fogbow over the promenade at Southwold in SuffolkBBC Weather Watchers/WhateverTheWeather
Southwold in Suffolk: A fogbow is essentially the same as a rainbow, but appears when the sun shines through fog rather than rain
BBC Weather Watchers/BlackLabLover48 Fogbow at Southend in EssexBBC Weather Watchers/BlackLabLover48
Southend in Essex: Water droplets in fog are smaller than rain drops so the colours in a fogbow tend to be a lot weaker and, for the most part, they appear white
BBC Weather Watchers/PopgunPete Fogbow over the golf course at Caister-on-Sea in NorfolkBBC Weather Watchers/PopgunPete
Fogbow at the Great Yarmouth and Caister Golf Club: A fogbow is not a physical form in the sky but just an optical phenomenon
BBC Weather Watchers/GeorgeNFN Fogbow at the Royal Cromer Golf Course, NorfolkBBC Weather Watchers/GeorgeNFN
Royal Cromer Golf Club, Norfolk: Fogbows are also known as white rainbows or ghost rainbows due to their lack of colour
BBC Weather Watchers/Horatio Fogbow at Sea Palling in NorfolkBBC Weather Watchers/Horatio
Fogbow at Sea Palling in Norfolk
BBC Weather Watchers/BicyleBill Fogbow at Waxham in NorfolkBBC Weather Watchers/BicyleBill
Fogbow at Waxham in Norfolk

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