Morning school buses cancelled in Essex County due to fog

School buses in Essex County have been cancelled due to fog Friday morning.

Transportation officials say buses in the City of Windsor are operational.

Afternoon transportation in both the city and the county is expected to take place as normal.

Buses have been cancelled a handful of mornings in Essex County so far this school year.

LISTEN: Bus and school officials answer questions arising from a string of fog days

Windsor Morning10:08Bus and school officials answer questions arising from string of fog days

Usually school buses are heading off the lot right now to pick up kids for school. But once again, the morning runs are cancelled in Essex County. This makes it 4 days in a row that fog has played havoc with student transportation. We hear how these decisions are made and what this means for schools.

Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder previously told CBC News this is the time of year where fog is most common in Canada, especially in places like the Windsor-area.

"What happens is we have warm, fairly humid days, and when we get to clear sky conditions at night, what happens is the temperatures really cool down, but that moisture doesn't go anywhere."

He said fog is more prone to develop in Essex County because of the amount of moisture in the air from being so close to Lake Erie and St. Clair. That, coupled with even more ambient moisture coming in from the U.S. south.