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• Precipitation trends (mm / 10 yr) in 1961-2000 according to observations
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• Including the range
/media/ces/TietavainenHanna_CES_2010.pdf
isobars signify the air pressure, in millibars, at the ocean surface (1 mb = 1 hPa).
The red, purple and blue isotherms show the temperature at 2 m above the ocean surface. A blue line denotes sub-freezing conditions; a purple line denotes 0°C and; a red line denotes temperatures above freezing.
Wind speed is displayed in metres per second (m/s).
The angle of the wind barb is indicative
/weather/articles/nr/1218
-element forecast can be viewed by pressing the numeric keys one to four on your keyboard.
The weather element forecasts displayed on the maps are wind, precipitation and temperature, in addition to a combined forecast containing all three elements.
Temperature forecasts:
The map displays the temperature distribution for the country in degrees Celsius (°C) at an altitude of 2 m/weather/articles/nr/1211
made 27 Dec. The colour code reveals windspeeds above 24 m/s upto 32 m/s forecasted. Please check the front page of the web for updated information, http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/elements/#type=wind
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made 27 Dec. The colour code reveals windspeeds above 24 m/s upto 32 m/s forecasted. Please check the front page of the web for updated information, http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/elements/#type=wind
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23.2.2017
The Icelandic Meteorological Office wants to emphasize the extremely bad weather that is expected tomorrow Friday 24th of February. Windspeed is expected to be 20 - 28 m/s (45 - 62 miles/hour) in the south and west part after noon, tomorrow with strong gusts up to 40 m/s
/about-imo/news/bad-weather-is-expected-1
Warning - severe storm in the South on Sunday
Strong wind gusts
21.2.2015
Forecast
Increasing east wind, 10 to 18 m/s in the south, late evening, with snow. Much lighter wind in the north and east, fair and temperatures
/about-imo/news/nr/3086
in Skaftá - progress
2.10.2015
Discharge
The measured discharge at Sveinstindur peaked around 2:00 this morning, just short of 2100 m³/s. However, true discharge must have been considerably greater, even 3000 m³/s, since a lot of the flood water now runs outside
/about-imo/news/nr/3211
Weather warning - violent storm
4.12.2015
A strong gale warning (average windspeed above 20 m/s) is in effect in Iceland this afternoon and for most of tomorrow. A violent storm (average wind speed, above 28 m/s) is expected
/about-imo/news/nr/3245