Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 02.08.2026

OUTLOOK 0700 - 1200 GMT.

Winds/temperature at significant levels:
FL050: 360/25-35KT, +03
FL100: 360/20-30KT, -05
FL180: 010/20-35KT, -19

Overview of weather systems:
A 999 mb low, between Iceland and Norway, is slowly moving E and a 1038 mb high is over Greenland. A 1025 mb high is 700 km SW of the Reykjanes peninsula.

Near surface winds:
N and NW 05-15KT, but 20-35KT in the E-part.

Cloud heights/visibility/weather:
BKN/OVC 1000-2000 FT in most places, with limited/poor visibility at times in mist or fog, gradually improving. FEW/SCT ABV 3000 FT and good visibility in the south and soutwest. Tops LYR at 10,000 FT.

Visual flight conditions in Iceland:
Poor/impassable in most palces, but good/marginal in the S- and SW-parts.

Freezing level:
4000 to 7000 FT, highest in the S and W.

Atmospheric or cloud icing:
LGT, risk MOD.

Turbulence:
Mainly LGT, but ISOL MOD in the east.

Other information:
Nil.