Easterly or variable winds, 5-13 m/s i nmost places and snow showers in the northwest, but southeast 10-18 m/s with snow and blizzards in the south. Becoming norherly 8-15 m/s with isolated snow showers in the afternoon. East and northeast 8-15 m/s and also snow in the north and east in the afternoon and evening.
Frost 2 to 10 degrees C, coldest in the northeast, but around freezing along the south coast during day time.
North and northeast 5-13 tomorrow, but 13-18 in the south and east. Snow showers in the north, but continuous snow in the east until well in the afternoon. Mostly fair in the southwest. Slowly decreasing winds and precipitation in the latter part of the day. Frost 0 to 8 degrees, but just over freezing along the south coast during day time.
Forecast made 26.03.2023 05:20
Snow and blizzards are expected in the south parts and also in North- and East-Iceland in the afternoon and evening. Deteriorating driving conditions likely, especially on mountain passes.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 26.03.2023 05:20
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Preliminary results
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2.3 | 24 Mar 22:33:35 | Checked | 13.1 km NW of Álftavatn |
2.1 | 24 Mar 11:05:27 | Checked | 9.8 km SSW of Bláfjallaskáli |
1.8 | 24 Mar 11:03:12 | Checked | 9.8 km SSW of Bláfjallaskáli |
1.7 | 24 Mar 15:08:07 | Checked | 2.2 km NNE of Hellisheiðarvirkjun |
1.6 | 24 Mar 23:50:47 | Checked | 17.9 km SE of Húsafell |
1.5 | 26 Mar 03:41:30 | 31.9 | 45.0 km N of Siglufjörður |
Over 360 earthquakes were detected last week by IMO's SIL seismic network, which is less than in week 10 when over 500 earthquakes were detected. The largest earthquake of M3.1 was measured in Bárðarbunga in Vatnajökull on the 19th of March. Earthquake activity in Mýrdalsjökull has decreased compared to last week with 19 earthquakes detected in week 11 compared to 50 in week 10. By Mt. Herdubreið and Herdubreidartögl around 50 earthquakes were detected. Around 165 earthquakes were detected on the Reykjanes ridge and Reykjanes peninsula, they distributed widely across the plate boundary zone. One earthquake of M0.7 was measured in Hekla. More
River | Place | Flow | Water temperature |
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Norðurá | Stekkur | 4.7 m³/s | |
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Jökulsá á Fjöllum | Grímsstaðir | 85.5 m³/s | -0.7 °C |
Eldvatn | Eystri-Ásar | 38.9 m³/s | |
Ölfusá | Selfoss | 288.4 m³/s | 0.1 °C |
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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Seismic activity around Askja increased in August 2021 as uplift, most likely caused by a magmatic intrusion, began. The seismic activity was more elevated in November and December 2021 and has since the start of 2022 remained steady. At the same time, the uplift has continued at a very stable rate since the beginning of the unrest.
Read moreRecent
satellite images show that the ice covering Askja lake has been retreating
significantly in the past week. Thisis quite unusual so early
in the year, normally it occurs in the summer time between June and July. A similar
event was recorded in 2012 when the ice in Askja lake started to melt in March. The reason why the ice covering the Askja lake has retreated
so much in the past days is still uncertain and no direct measurements are
currently available to fully understand the causes. However, few causes have been considered.
Retreating ice caps
have a large influence on the crust of the Earth and cause ground uplift – a
rebound effect resulting from unloading of the glaciers due to ice loss. Dr. Michelle Maree Parks, a specialist
in volcano deformation studies at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, together
with Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a geophysicist at the Nordic Volcanological Center
at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, lead a project that
received a grant-of-excellent from the Icelandic Research Fund that addresses
these questions. They will together form a large international team of
scientists to carry out research on glacial isostatic adjustment due to present
day glacier change and its effect on the Earth‘s crust, in particular at four
volcanic systems and two seismic zones in Iceland.
Updated 13.10.
The glacial flood from Grímsvötn is still ongoing and maximum discharge of about 500 m3/s from Grímsvötn sub-glacial lake is expected to be reached later today or tonight. The ice-shelf on top of the sub-glacial lake has now subsided approximately 12 m since 5th of October. Since yesterday morning signals of floodwater have been detected in Gígjukvísl river by water level measurements and on images from a web camera
Read moreThe precursors to the eruption at Fagradalsfjall last year were unusual compared to many other eruptions across the world and the composition of the lava changed as the eruption continued. These are among the findings of two papers published in the latest issue of Nature by scientists at the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Meteorological Office along with a large number of colleagues.
Read moreCatastrophic avalanches in the villages Súðavík, 16 January 1995, and Flateyri, October 1995, which killed 34 people and caused extensive economic damage, totally changed the view regarding avalanche safety in Iceland.