NOAA satellite images and web-based ash reports
from the public.
Eruption plume:
Height (a.s.l.): Mainly ~ 7 - 9 km / 24,000 - 30,000 ft.
Heading: Southeast and east-southeast. There wind is calm over the volcano,
with wind speed ~10 m/
sec at height over 7 km / 24,000 ft.
Colour: Grey.
Tephra fallout: Ash fall reported southeast of Eyjafjallajökull, from Skógar to Pétursey
on Mýrdalssandur
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