Northwest and north 5-13 m/s and widely sleet or snow.
Light variable wind tomorrow and becoming mostly fair, but northwest 13-20 m/s in the east until afternoon. Temperature 0 to 5 deg. C during the day, but light frost inland in the north. Increasing easterly wind in the evening with rain or snow in the south.
Forecast made 21.10.2024 22:41
Northwest gale in Northeast- and East-Iceland overnight and tomorrow morning with snow or sleet. Chances of difficult road conditions, especially on mountain roads.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 21.10.2024 22:41
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Preliminary results
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3.3 | 21 Oct 10:08:52 | 39.9 | 247.8 km SW of Eldeyjarboði |
2.6 | 20 Oct 11:24:04 | Checked | 8.0 km NE of Krýsuvík |
2.5 | 21 Oct 06:15:26 | Checked | 5.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga |
On Saturday (oct. 19) there was an unusual increase in hot springs in the Geysir geothermal area. Most hot springs are now more powerful than before. No changes have been detected to explain this activity. The Met office will continue to monitor and attempts will be made to understand underlying reasons for this increased activity. The Met office recommends that visitors pay attention to possible dangers and keep a safe distance from the hot springs and hot waters.
Written by a specialist at 21 Oct 16:33 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. See data here: Real-time monitoring system.
Written by a specialist at 20 Oct 14:41 GMT
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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Continued greenhouse gas emissions increase global warming, but could trigger a regional cooling around the North Atlantic. In an open letter released today at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavík, Iceland, 44 leading experts on ocean circulation and tipping points from 15 countries appeal to the Nordic Council of Ministers to take this risk seriously, initiate a risk assessment and take steps to minimize this risk as much as possible.
Read moreUpdated 17. October at 16:00 UTC
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Read moreThe National Meteorological Institutes of Iceland, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands have joined forces to respond to climate change with more timely weather forecasting on a new, now operational, common supercomputer. This helps prepare each nation for the impacts of weather patterns, which are expected to become more extreme and more challenging to forecast.
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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.
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