Northeasterly wind in the evening, widely 8-13 m/s. Light snowshowers in North- and East-Iceland. Mainly fair elsewhere, but isolated snowshowers at the southwest coast. Frost generally 0 to 5 deg. C.
Rather light easterly wind and fair in the north part tomorrow, frost up to 7 deg. C. East 8-15 in the south part with some scattered showers of rain or snow, temperature near or just above freezing. Becoming stronger winds in the south part tomorrow evening and starts to rain in lowland areas.
Forecast made 18.02.2019 18:46
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Preliminary results
Size | Time | Quality | Location |
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2.7 | 18 Feb 22:01:40 | Checked | 7.8 km ENE of Goðabunga |
1.9 | 18 Feb 21:15:41 | 90.0 | 7.0 km E of Goðabunga |
1.7 | 18 Feb 21:24:02 | 90.0 | 7.0 km ENE of Goðabunga |
1.6 | 17 Feb 16:59:50 | Checked | 4.7 km SSE of Herðubreið |
1.5 | 17 Feb 21:50:33 | Checked | 4.3 km NW of Grímsfjall |
1.2 | 17 Feb 09:26:54 | Checked | 34.6 km ESE of Grímsey |
About 260 earthquakes were located by the IMO¿s SIL-seismic network this week, a little more than previous week. Similar activity was in Öræfajökull and Bárðarbunga volcanoes as last week. The largest earthquake occurred 14th February at 17:55 about 4 km ANA of Keilir M2.6. No earthquake swarms occurred during this week. Few reports were received because of man-made explosions in Hafnarfjarðarhöfn on 13 and 15th of February (at around 13:30 both days). More
River | Place | Flow | Water temperature |
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Jökulsá á Fjöllum | Grímsstaðir | 112.6 m³/s | 1.9 °C |
Eldvatn | Eystri-Ásar | 45.2 m³/s | |
Ölfusá | Selfoss | 266.6 m³/s | 0.3 °C |
The avalanche bulletin is at a regional scale. It does not necessarily represent avalanche danger in urban areas.
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