a steam plume was observed for a short period at a
height of 3 km.
Heading: to the southwest on 4 and 5 June. Yesterday and this morning to the
south.
Colour: Mostly white at the top and grayish and dark at the bottom following
explosive activity.
Tephra fallout: Off and on near the crater. Considerable ash drift on 4 June.
Lightning: An eyewitness at Ásólfsskálaheiði (9 km SW of crater
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than those described above, have occurred in Bárðarbunga, where the activity started. This is the same pattern as during previous days.
The highest magnitude during the last 24 hours was about 3.8, measured at 23:38 last night (20th August).
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of reaching the top of the dam and threw some snow clods over the dam crown.
It is likely that the avalanche would have reached close to or hit the uppermost houses if it had not been stopped by the dam.
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The satellite images are thermal images which show clouds. They are placed on top of a base map. The satellite images are taken from satellites belonging to the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EUMETSAT and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA. Most of the images are combined from two satellites
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(ten years) and for easy navigation the buttons + 10 and - 10 (top left) take you a decade back or forth.
The weather at six o'clock on Christmas Eve is also available.
Additionally, snow cover and snow depth at Christmas morning are listed for 1921 - 2006. A table shows snow cover in quarters where 0 means no snow and 4 means complete cover. When that criteria is met, snow depth is given
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of Ólafsvík is to the left. The fracture line of the avalanche on 19 March 2012 is visible near the top of the slope to the right in the photograph and the avalanche tongue extends to the foot of the slope below the fracture line (this is where the lower part of the hillside is whiter than elsewhere). The fracture line extends into the supporting structures at the location of the topmost row and extends
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of Ólafsvík is to the left. The fracture line of the avalanche on 19 March 2012 is visible near the top of the slope to the right in the photograph and the avalanche tongue extends to the foot of the slope below the fracture line (this is where the lower part of the hillside is whiter than elsewhere). The fracture line extends into the supporting structures at the location of the topmost row
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being 1995. Since then it has been warm, the warmth culminating in 2002 to 2003. Generally the description above refers to the whole country, but there are slightly diverging details, depending on the source of the cold air.
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Comparison of temperature in Stykkishólmur, Akureyri and Reykjavík
A comparison of annual temperatures at three stations, Stykkishólmur in the west, Akureyri
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