Variable wind or sea breeze, 3-8 m/s and generally fair, but patches of fog in places by the coast over night. Becoming overcast in the westernmost part tomorrow. Temperatures 11 to 21 deg. C, mildest in the south, but cooler in the fog.
Forecast made 29.05.2022 10:02
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Preliminary results
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4.4 | 28 May 08:06:16 | Checked | 2.2 km SE of Bárðarbunga |
2.7 | 28 May 08:05:02 | Checked | 2.8 km SSE of Bárðarbunga |
2.6 | 28 May 10:59:52 | Checked | 7.5 km ENE of Krýsuvík |
Yesterday at 8:06 a M4.4 earthquake was detected in Bárðarbunga, several aftershocks followed but no tremor has been detected.
During the seismic unrest on the Reykjanes Peninsula the likelihood of a large (M6.0 - M6.5) earthquake have increased in Brennisteinsfjöll.
Landslides can occur in slopes and mountain sides because of strong earthquakes close to Eldvörp on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Written by a specialist at 29 May 03:02 GMT
About 4200 earthquakes were detected by IMOs SIL seismic network this week. Just under 1200 of them have been manually located. Overall there were 14 eathquakes mesured larger or equal to M3.0, most of them were located on the Reykjanes Peninsuala. There is ongoing seismic activity or earthquake swarm there due to magmatic inflation. The inflation has been confirmed by GPS sensors and sattilite imagary. The laregest earthquake of the week of M3.5 was mesured on May 18th at 04:47 just south of Syrlingafell mountain. Outside the Reykjanes peninsula the 2 earthquake larger than M3.0 were located in SW-Hofsjökull glacier on May 20th, anorther earquake also of M3.2 was measured the same day in the south part of Hengill region which is in the south part of Iceland. More
River | Place | Flow | Water temperature |
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Norðurá | Stekkur | 31.1 m³/s | |
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Jökulsá á Fjöllum | Grímsstaðir | ||
Eldvatn | Eystri-Ásar | 79.4 m³/s | |
Ölfusá | Selfoss | 462.2 m³/s | 9.7 °C |
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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More than 3000 earthquakes have been automatically detected nearby Eldvörp in the Reykjanes/Svartsengi volcanic system in the past week. Since yesterday (15.05), nine earthquakes had magnitude above M3 and two above M4. The largest event had a magnitude of M4.3 occurred on 15.05 at 17:38 UTC. The seismicity is located at a depth between 4 and 6 km.
Read moreThe weather in 2021 was mainly favorable, wind speed was below average and stormy days were relatively uncommon. The annual mean temperature was slightly above the 1991 to 2020 mean at most stations, and it was considerably dry in all parts of the country. Snow conditions were remarkably light in the Southwest during the year. The number of snow-covered days in Reykjavík were only 17 and only once been fewer. The summer was exceptionally warm, sunny, and dry in the North and East, the warmest on record in many places in these regions and many maximum temperature records were broken. The monthly mean temperature reached 14 °C at several stations this summer. It is the first time that the monthly mean temperature reaches 14°C at any station since the beginning of observations. The year was sunny in Akureyri and the total number of sunshine hours in Akureyri has only once been more.
Please view this page for the latest information on seismic activity.
Update on 29.12. at 11:53
Since midnight around 90 earthquakes have been detected. Yesterday there were around 1300 earthquakes detected in the Reykjanes peninsula as a whole. This is a lot less than the day before when around 2300 earthquakes were detected.
The scientific
Advisory board for the civil protection services met on the 27th of December to
go over the situation near Fagradalsfjall. GPS instruments and satellite
interferograms show that the magmatic intrusion is limited to a dike intrusion
by Fagradalsfjall, similarly as in February and March 2021 before the eruption
onset on the 19th of March.
Update 8.12. at 12:30
The Icelandic Meteorological Office elevated the aviation color code from yellow to orange on the 6th of December for Grímsvötn volcano when the seismic actvity increased above normal level in the aftermath of the glacial outburst (which peaked on 05.12). On that day a M3,6 earthquake occurred at 6:16 UTC and 15 more earthquakes occured within the day. However, yesterday (07.12) very few earthquakes were identified in the area and the geophysical parameters all showed normal values. Based on these current observations, IMO moved the aviation color code from orange back to yellow as there were no clear indications for an imminent eruption.
Read moreSince 18th of September no eruptive activity has
been observed at Fagradalsfjall, but there are still small quantities of gas
measured in the atmosphere. During the eruption a deflation signal was detected around Fagradalsfjall, most likely due to magma
withdrawal from a deep reservoir which was feeding the eruption.
The National Weather Services of Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and The Netherlands are joining forces to jointly operate a new supercomputer and to bring significant advancements to short-term weather forecasting services.
Through links in this article, climatological information is available, i.e. monthly- and annual values of various weather components in Iceland since 1961. Averages provided are either monthly or annual averages. Temperature is given in degrees celsius, air pressure in hPa, humidity in percentages, precipitation in millimeters and windspeed in m/s.
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