Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 11.04.2026

OUTLOOK 1700 - 2300 GMT.

Winds/temperature at significant levels:
FL050: 060/25-35KT BUT 060/45-60KT IN SE PART, -09
FL100: 060/15-30KT BUT 060/35-50KT IN SE PART, -15
FL180: 080/15-25KT BUT 090/25-35KT IN SE PART, -30

Overview of weather systems:
About 800 km S of Hornafjordur is an extensive 965 mb low drifting E and filling, but 360 km NNW of Langanes is a decreasing 1005 mb low. About 530 km WSW of Reykjanes is a 1005 mb minor low moving S. Yfir NE-Greenland is a 1025 mb high.

Near surface winds:
Northeast winds, mainly 20-35KT, but 35-50KT in the SE part.

Cloud heights/visibility/weather:
Widely FEW/SCT ABV 2500FT and good visibility, but BKN/OVC at 1000-2500FT in SE-Iceland with poor visibility in patchy sleet/snow. Tops LYR at 18,000FT in the NW.

Visual flight conditions in Iceland:
Poor/impassable in the SE parts, but mainly good elsewhere.

Freezing level:
SFC to 3000FT, highest in the SE part.

Atmospheric or cloud icing:
LGT/MOD ABV FZL in the SE part.

Turbulence:
LGT/MOD but SEV in southeast below FL100

Other information:
See TURB SIGMET