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Northwest 20-30 m/s in the eastern half of Iceland today, strongest wind in the Eastfjords. Dangerous windgusts in Southeast-Iceland and the Eastfjords. Much lighter wind in the west part. Rain near sea level in North- and East-Iceland, but sleet or snow on higher ground. Fair weather in the south and west parts. Temperature in lowland areas from 2 deg. C in the northeast, up to 10 deg. C in the far south.

Light wind in the western half of Iceland tomorrow, but northwest gale or strong gale in the east part. Widely fair weather, but some rain or sleet in East-Iceland. Temperature 2 to 9 deg. C during daytime, mildest near the south coast.
Forecast made 25.09.2022 10:13

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Northwesterly extreme weather in the eastern half of Iceland.

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Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 25.09.2022 10:13

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 25 Sep 14:10 GMT

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Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours

Size	Time	Quality	Location
2.4	25 Sep 06:15:10	Checked	11.5 km E of Grímsey
2.2	24 Sep 05:25:16	Checked	5.4 km W of Reykjanestá
2.1	24 Sep 07:50:08	Checked	2.3 km NE of Hamarinn

Specialist remark

The seismic swarm on the Tjörnes fracture zone, which began on 8th of September, continues to decrease. Over 12 thousand earthquakes have been detected since the swarm began. When the intensity of the swarm was at its highest over thousand earthquakes were detected each day but the last couple of days several hundreds of earthquakes have been recorded per day.

Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management have announced an Uncertainty level for the ongoing seismic activity north of Iceland on September 9. 2022. Icelandic announcement here.
Written by a specialist at 21 Sep 09:35 GMT

Week overview 12 September - 18 September

Around 6700 earthquakes were measured this last week by the automatic SIL seismic network, of which about 870 earthquakes have been manually located. There is a slight decrease in the seismicity from the previous week. The swarm near Grímsey is still ongoing but the intencity has decreased the last days. The largest earthquake detected was a M4.2 on the 12th of September at 01:05. 13 earthquakes over M3 have been detected east of Grímsey. Two minor earthquakes where detected in Hekla. More

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Hydrology

Average flow and temperature last 24 hours

River	Place	Flow	Water temperature
Norðurá	Stekkur	16.5 m³/s
Austari Jökulsá	Skatastaðir
Jökulsá á Fjöllum	Grímsstaðir	258.1 m³/s	4.5 °C
Eldvatn	Eystri-Ásar	58.3 m³/s
Ölfusá	Selfoss	361.4 m³/s	8.4 °C

Remarks of a specialist

Satellite images show high water levels in Hafrafellslón, a glacier lagoon by Langjökull. It's possible that the water will flow down in the next days or weeks, and be of similar size as 2020.

Written by a specialist at 04 Sep 17:36 GMT

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Avalanches

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Avalanche bulletins are not published between 1st of June and 15th of October.
Written by a specialist at 01 Jun 10:40 GMT

Avalanche bulletins for selected areas

The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.

Region	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest corner
Northern Westfjords
Tröllaskagi
Eyjafjörður (experimental)
Eastfjords

News from avalanche specialists (Icelandic)

Sep 25Nokkrar aurskirður í gær, 24.sptember
Í gær, laugardaginn 24. september, féllu nokkrar aurskriður á Vestfjörðum í kjölfar mikillar úrkomuákefðar sem varði þó fremur ...

Sep 24Áköf úrkoma á vestur hluta landsins í kvöld.
Í dag, laugardaginn 24. september, er spáð rigningu víða á vesturhluta landsins og í kvöld eykst ákefð talsvert. Úrkoman er ...

Aug 30Rigning á Suður- og Vesturlandi
UPPFÆRT: Áköf úrkoma hefur verið í dag (miðvikudag) á Suðvesturlandi. Mælingar sýna allt að 12,6 mm á klukkustund á Ölkelduhálsi ...

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