Light easterly wind, rain in the south and the west, but mostly fair in the northeast parts.
Turns to northeast 5-13 tomorrow, strongest wind in the northwest. Light precipitation in places and temperature 6 to 15 deg. C., warmest in the south, but coldest in the northeast.
Forecast made 02.07.2024 21:06
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Preliminary results
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2.7 | 01 Jul 05:58:08 | Checked | 7.7 km E of Bárðarbunga |
2.4 | 01 Jul 07:21:28 | Checked | 14.7 km SSE of Eldeyjarboði |
2.1 | 01 Jul 15:40:15 | Checked | 4.8 km W of Eldeyjardrangur |
Eruption in the Sundhnúks crater row.
Uplift underneath the Svartsengi region continues. The rate of the uplift is currently assessed to be higher than the rate observed prior to the eruption which started on 29 May. The rate of ground deformation can be interpreted as a continuous magma inflow into the magma body at 4-5 km depth.
Written by a specialist at 02 Jul 15:59 GMT
Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More
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Due to technical problems we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map.
Written by a specialist at 01 Jun 17:58 GMT
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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The seismic activity nearby Svartsengi and Sundhnúks is very minor with few small earthquakes detected in the past few days. The lava field which progressed towards the NW of Sýlingarfell continued to move very slowly since the eruption ended on 22 June, and it has now completely stopped.
Read moreToday marks one month since the beginning of the eruption that is ongoing at the Sundhnúkur crater row. The eruption, which began on the evening of March 16, is the fourth in a series of eruptions that started when magma began accumulating beneath Svartsengi in late October 2023.
Read moreYesterday (25 March) a seismic swarm occurred in the NW part of the Askja caldera. About 30 earthquakes were detected between 08.00UTC and midday. The largest earthquake detected had a magnitude M3,5 at a depth of about 5 km. Three earthquakes with magnitudes between M2 and M2,5 were also detected, the rest of the activity was characterized by smaller events. Overall, the seismic activity in the Askja has been quite stable between months and unchanged until yesterday. Looking back, we can see that earthquakes with magnitude above M3 were detected in January 2022 and October 2021.
Read moreThe weather in 2023 was mostly favorable. It was calm, dry, relatively little snow and stormy days were quite uncommon. However, the year was cooler compared to the most recent years. The average nationwide temperature was 0.1°C colder than the average temperature between 1991 and 2020, and 0.4°C colder than the average temperature of the last ten years. It was relatively coldest in the North, while the Southwest and Southern coast were relatively warmer. The weather was particularly cold in the beginning of the year and again in March. June, on the other hand was exceptionally warm in the North and East. It was the warmest June on record in many places in those regions. The year was relatively dry, with precipitation below average across most of the country. There were several dry periods during the year, such as in March and July, but there were also periods of heavy rain in between. May and June were particularly wet and gloomy in the southern and western regions.
Read moreOn 10 November 2023 the town of Grindavík in Iceland was evacuated as massive amounts of magma suddenly flowed into a magma filled crack that propagated underneath the town. Magma was emplaced in a 'vertical sheet' type intrusion in the Earth's crust. An international team of scientists explains the formation of the intrusion, and conditions for ultra-rapid flow into cracks, in a new publication in the prestigious scientific journal Science.
Read moreUpdated 23 January at 9:00 UTC
Since the glacial flood reached its peak in the river Gígjukvísl approximately a week ago, the water level has been decreasing and is now comparable to what it was before the flood. The seismic tremor measured on the seismometer at Grímsfjall has also declined, with seismic noise now back to normal levels. Since last week Monday, 21 earthquakes have been recorded in Grímsvötn, including two earthquakes exceeding magnitude two.
Read moreThe Icelandic Meteorological Office cooperates with many agencies in related fields. With ongoing environmental changes, long term time-series are becoming increasingly important. These include time series of weather-related factors, such as temperature, rainfall, air pressure and solar and cloud cover, time-series on hydrology, glaciology, sea-ice condition, earthquakes, floods, ice and sediment load in rivers. Such data from IMO is important, providing a benchmark for assessing ongoing changes in the Arctic region.