for Saturday 29th December
28.12.2012
Issued: 28. december 2012 at 11:30 UTC
The Icelandic Met. Office has issued a warning of severe weather in the Westfjords in the afternoon and tonight; and tomorrow in the northern and the western parts of Iceland. People are advised
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The strongest earthquake since the last meeting of the
Advisory Board on Tuesday was measured M4.7 tonight at 03:18. Two other earthquakes stronger than M4.0 were
detected since Friday, one was M4.1 on Saturday at 07:05, and the other M4.0, also on Saturday but at 04:00. About
10 earthquakes between magnitudes M3.0-3.9 were detected over the period. In total around 60 earthquakes were
detected
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of activity in Bárðarbunga
State of events on Monday evening
19.8.2014
Summary written 18th August at 20:45
Since the onset of the earthquake swarm at Bárðarbunga on Saturday morning 16th August 03:00am, around 2.600 earthquakes have been detected with the earthquake
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but fair in the northeast. Temperature 1 to 8 deg. C. On Thursday: East and southeast 3-8, but 8-13 by the Southcoast. Cloudy and rain in the southeast, but partly fair north of the highlands. Temperature 2-10 deg. C. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday: East wind and occasional rain, but mainly dry in the north. Temperature from 5-12 deg. C.Forecast made: 01.05.2023 09:00. Valid until: 08.05.2023
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Monitoring Öræfajökull
20.11.2017
Scientists from IMO, the Earth Sciences Institute of the
University of Iceland and a representative of the Icelandic Civil Protection
Authority flew over Öræfajökull Saturday 18 November to assess ice-surface
changes in the volcano's
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the migration of earthquake activity during the last days. Earthquakes in the map are colourcoded by time, dark blue dots show the onset of the swarm on Saturday, orange dots Tuesday's events until 19:00, light blue and yellow are the days in between. The time scale is days since the onset of the swarm.
Map by Gunnar B. Guðmundsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office
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Warning against heavy rainfall
Warm southerlies and snow melt
13.2.2015
Heavy rainfall and mild conditions are forecast for west, south-west, south, and south-east Iceland on Saturday 14 February, lasting until late afternoon on Sunday.
In these regions
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in the lower reaches of Skaftárdalur during the early hours of Saturday, 3 October.
Radio contact still exists with the GPS station in the eastern ice-cauldron; the latest measurements show over 66 m of subsidence since 18:00 GMT on 27 September. During the last one to two hours the rate of subsidence has decreased, suggesting that outflow from the cauldron has peaked.
The map below illustrates where
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and blowing snow along with intermittent light snow.
On Saturday strong gale with snow and poor visibility is expected in the northern part, while the southern part can expect some isolated snow showers and blowing snow. Overnight and tomorrow the risk of avalanches will increase in the Westfjords and in North-Iceland.
On Sunday winds will moderate and precipitation and clouds will clear, first
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