Easterly wind 5-13 m/s and light rain or sleet.
Winds becoming stronger tomorrow with increased precipitation, northeast 10-18 and rain in the afternoon, but stronger winds near mountains in Southeast-Iceland. Southerly gales in the eastern half of Iceland tomorrow morning, but northerly gales in the west part. Also, blizzard is expected on mountain roads in the Westfjords tomorrow evening.
Temperature tomorrow between 5 and 10 deg. C, but somewhat colder in the Westfjords.
Forecast made 17.10.2024 22:00
Tomorrow afternoon, the center of a deep low pressure system is expected to be near the south coast and will travel northward over Iceland. Strong winds from various directions are expected along with precipitation tomorrow afternoon and in the evening. Most of the precipitation will be rain, but be prepared for blizzard conditions on mountain roads in the Westfjords.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 17.10.2024 22:00
If the map and the text forecast differs, then the text forecast applies
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Preliminary results
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2.2 | 17 Oct 14:46:23 | Checked | 11.1 km SW of Kópasker |
2.1 | 17 Oct 20:46:52 | 63.3 | 16.7 km ENE of Hvalstöð |
2.0 | 17 Oct 15:19:45 | Checked | 10.9 km SW of Kópasker |
1.8 | 16 Oct 11:41:57 | Checked | 27.4 km N of Borgarnes |
1.7 | 17 Oct 13:40:13 | Checked | 2.7 km NNE of Krýsuvík |
1.6 | 16 Oct 23:13:22 | Checked | 25.1 km N of Borgarnes |
Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More
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Due to technical problems we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. See data here: Real-time monitoring system.
Written by a specialist at 29 Sep 18:39 GMT
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Updated 24. September at 14:00 UTC
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