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Weather forecast
Weather forecast for the next 24 hours
Light wind tonight, fair and light frost at places. Easterly or variable wind 3 to 8 m/s tomorrow and rainshowers in the south by afternoon, fair in other parts. Temperature 3 to 10 degrees C.
Forecast made 17.05.2012 22:44
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Maximum wind in Iceland during the last hour
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Preliminary results
Earthquakes
Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 18 May 02:25 GMT
Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours
| Size | Time | Quality | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 17 May 11:16:25 | Checked | 192.3 km NNE of Kolbeinsey |
| 2.6 | 16 May 19:14:16 | Checked | 94.4 km N of Kolbeinsey |
| 2.5 | 17 May 18:46:52 | 90.0 | 5.1 km WSW of Herðubreið |
| 2.2 | 16 May 06:41:14 | Checked | 2.7 km WSW of Herðubreið |
| 2.1 | 17 May 05:44:55 | Checked | 4.4 km SW of Herðubreið |
| 1.9 | 16 May 06:45:49 | Checked | 2.1 km WSW of Herðubreið |
Hydrology
Average flow and temperature last 24 hours
| River | Place | Flow | Water temperature |
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| Norðurá | Stekkur | ||
| Austari Jökulsá | Skatastaðir | ||
| Jökulsá á Fjöllum | Grímsstaðir | 130.8 m³/s | |
| Eldvatn | Eystri-Ásar | ||
| Ölfusá | Selfoss | 302.0 m³/s | 5.8 °C |
Avalanches
Notices last 7 days by regions
| Faxaflói | 0 | Eastern coastal area | 0 |
| Breiðafjörður | 0 | East fjords | 2 |
| West fjords | 0 | South East | 0 |
| North West | 0 | South | 0 |
| North East | 1 | Central highlands | 0 |
| Sum: | 3 | ||
Notices last 24 hours by regions
| Faxaflói | 0 | Eastern coastal area | 0 |
| Breiðafjörður | 0 | East fjords | 0 |
| West fjords | 0 | South East | 0 |
| North West | 0 | South | 0 |
| North East | 0 | Central highlands | 0 |
| Sum: | 0 | ||
News
Supporting structures stopped most of an avalanche
Supporting structures stopped most of an avalanche which was released from a hillside above the health care centre of a town in north Iceland in March 2012. They are the most frequently used protection measure against snow avalanches for settlements in the Alps but have not been much used in Iceland until recently. Further installations are planned in the next 5-10 years.
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A new absolute maximum temperature for March
On 29 March 2012 the maximum temperature at the station Kvísker in South-East Iceland near the famed Jökulsárlón lagoon soared to 20.5°C.
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The Arctic HYCOS group
In recent years, Arctic nations have consolidated their cooperation in the fields of meteorology and Arctic hydrology, to increase monitoring and research on Arctic warming and into various components of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle. The Icelandic Meteorological Office participates in The Arctic HYCOS.
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Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation
The Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation is to be held in Helsinki on 29-31 August 2012. Notice that the abstrac submission has been extended to Friday 30 March 2012.
Measurements and simulation of volcanic ash for civil aviation
A workshop on Measurements and simulation of volcanic ash for civil aviation will be held in Reykjavík Jan 17th 2012 at Orkugarður, Grensásvegi 9.
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30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting
The 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting will be held in Reykjavík in January 2012.
Read moreShort articles
Flood warning system and jökulhlaups - Eyjafjallajökull
Jökulhlaups (glacier outburst floods) are more common in Iceland than elsewhere in the world because of the interaction of volcanoes with glaciers. The greatest jökulhlaups from the subglacial Katla volcano are among the largest floods that humans have witnessed.
Read moreNew publications and research
- Leadbetter, S.J., Hort, M.C., von Löwis, S, Weber, K & Witham, C.S. (2011). Modeling the resuspension of ash deposited during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in spring 2010. JGR VOL. 117, 13 PP (abstract).
- Tómas Jóhannesson, Helgi Björnsson, Finnur Pálsson, Oddur Sigurðsson & Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson (2011). LiDAR mapping of the Snæfellsjökull ice cap, western Iceland. Jökull 61 s. 19-32 (offprint, pdf).
- Philippe Crochet & Tómas Jóhannesson (2011). A data set of gridded daily temperature in Iceland, 1949–2010. Jökull 61, s. 1-18 (offprint, pdf).
