East and Up components
over the period 27 July – 2 September 2021. The station, which is located close
to the center of the inflating area, shows that the uplift started between the
end of July and beginning of August (mainly visible in the Up component) and it
is still ongoing (2. Sept 2021). The dashed red line indicates the rise speed
that is assessed to be ~5 cm /month
/about-imo/news/uplift-signal-detected-in-askja-volcano
in a map where white means clear skies. Text forecast clarifies where in Iceland partly clear skies are most likely.
Click directly on a day or time of your choice below the map. The information on the page will update accordingly: Aurora forecast shows expected activity (small frame above right) at your selected date. Even low activity (2) can be beautiful and moderate (3) can be dazzling. Higher
/about-imo/news/nr/2590
Bárðarbunga. Grímsvötn to the left and Köldukvíslarjökull in the foreground. Photo: Halldór Björnsson.
Fig. 2
View to the north over the two cauldrons Skaftárkatlar. The western cauldron is visible to the left. The eastern cauldron is hardly visible to the right. If and when water will be released from underneath that cauldron, it will become more visible again. Photo: Þorsteinn
/about-imo/news/nr/2953
the weather will worsen considerably between 2 – 3 PM with these high winds and snow.
This evening and tonight, northeasterly winds 20-28 m/s are forecasted with snow and hail in all the Westfjords. Tomorrow morning, 10 December, winds will calm down.
North of Iceland there is a fast deepening low which will reach 945 hPa at the mouth of Húnaflói bay this afternoon. West of this low, the winds
/about-imo/news/nr/3032
in Skaftá - progress
2.10.2015
Discharge
The measured discharge at Sveinstindur peaked around 2:00 this morning, just short of 2100 m³/s. However, true discharge must have been considerably greater, even 3000 m³/s, since a lot of the flood water now runs outside
/about-imo/news/nr/3211