9th, lasting well into Saturday morning.
Wind speeds measuring 20 m/s and higher were recorded at half of the automatic weather stations in the lowland areas and similar speeds were recorded at 80% of automatic weather stations in the highland areas.
In the town of Heimaey in the Westman Islands, wind-speed* of 28 m/s and gusts measuring 45.8 m/s were recorded at the height of the storm, setting
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A great storm passed over Iceland on Friday night, October 9th, lasting well into Saturday morning.
Wind speeds measuring 20 m/s and higher were recorded at half of the automatic weather stations in the lowland areas and similar speeds were recorded at 80% of automatic weather stations in the highland areas.
In the town of Heimaey in the Westman Islands, wind-speed* of 28 m/s
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performance of the
model.
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E. D. 2000. Toward the use of coupled atmospheric
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was analysed by Institute of Earth Sciences and is very fine grained:
24% of the sample is under 10 μm (as aerosol)
33% of the sample is in the range of 10-50 μm
20% of the sample is in the range of 50-146 μm
23% of the sample is in the range of 146-294 μm
How high is the ash plume?
The greatest height that the plume has reached is 33,000 ft (about 11 km) on the first eruption day. Early morning
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October was particularly dry in the West.
The total precipitation measured in Reykjavík was 838 mm, about 5 percent above the 1961 - 1990 normal. In Akureyri the total precipitation was 597 mm, about 20 percent above the normal. This is the 12th consecutive year with above-normal precipitation in Akureyri.
May, September, October and December were very wet in Akureyri, but it was dry in February
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precipitation measured in Reykjavík was 838 mm, about 5 percent above the 1961 -
1990 normal. In Akureyri the total precipitation was 597 mm, about 20 percent above the
normal. This is the 12th consecutive year with above-normal precipitation in Akureyri.
May, September, October and December were very wet in Akureyri, but it was dry in
February, June and August. In Reykjavík the precipitation
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