The Iceland Volcano Thread

DOCARCH

Yeah, looks like a lot more ash this morning, more than I have seen for the for the last 2 weeks anyway.

http://www.sat24.com/Eyjafjallajokull-volcano.aspx

maquiladora

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http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

The latest chart shows a big drop off in activity, hopefully that means a pause in the eruption is coming soon.

The intensity of the tremors isn't a direct relation to the ash production. I think the tremors indicate magma movement. If you look back the 15th for example the tremors were at a lot lower scale yet the ash plume was massive then.

But yeah, I hope she does start to calm down soon!

maquiladora

The ash plume this morning :

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_lL_3Uhhcq3E/S9_W1h8v6uI/AAAAAAAAGRc/A4-rip4qtj0/10.jpg

And a live view from this webcam, showing very dark ash plume and steam :

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-fimmvorduhalsi/

maquiladora

Possible further disrupted Wed-Thur and at the weekend....

13.33 Dave Murphy, Head of the Aviation Services Division at Met Éireann, has said there is a possibility that flights will be disrupted tomorrow and on Thursday, as northeasterly winds are expected to continue to blow ash in Ireland's direction.

Mr Murphy said he was fairly confident the situation would improve on Thursday afternoon, but added that there was still a risk of some disruption over the weekend.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0504/travelupdates.html

Giblet

Oh god, have a flight tomorrow morning to Portugal, hopefully it doesn't hit by then

Villain

Latest charts show the Ash over North Scotland tomorrow at 6am

Storm 10

Its got very bad since I saw it yesterday its all black ash now which it was not doing at the weekend. Check out this live pics from the Volcano its the third picture down you can refresh by the refresh button.

Link: http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html

L.O.F.T

Villain wrote: »

Latest charts show the Ash over North Scotland tomorrow at 6am

Thank you Villain, you posts are keeping me updated for a flight this Thursday to the US....thank you for your time

condra

Im due to fly to London Wednesday morning, and back to Dublin on Thursday evening.

Because of the risk of flight cancellation, I had to cancel my hotel booking in London in case I would be charged for not turning up.

Now, if flights are on tomorrow, I'll have to find accommodation "on the spot" in London, and hope that flights will not be disrupted on Thursday.

The whole situation is a pain in the butt.

Thomas828

I've just looked at Belfast City Airport's site. The restrictions are being lifted and they're slowly but surely getting their schedules back to normal.

Kev.

I have my stags on Friday to Malaga-24 of us


What do you recon-shall I start looking for alternatives?

Thomas828

Uh oh... I've just checked the site of Belfast International Airport and quite a few of their departures are cancelled. The first flight scheduled to leave on time is the 1635 to Heathrow.

acquiescefc

oh what a disaster,i could be stuck in chicago for a few days and not be ableto get to work....:)

maybe its payback for the two days i lost when i couldnt get out when it all started.

no sign of volcanic ash here in new orleans

alibabba

Bloody ell !
Some fairly drmatic images on web cam views at the moment, she is fairly reaching for the stars now.


And yip, previous posters is right, 3rd image down showing good views right now:
http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html

maquiladora

Half hidden in the patchy cloud but you can see the plume in the background on this view. Thats the highest I've seen the plume since the most active phase of the eruption :

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

I'll try and take a screencap if the clouds clear a bit better.

alibabba

maquiladora wrote: »

Half hidden in the patchy cloud but you can see the plume in the background on this view. Thats the highest I've seen the plume since the most active phase of the eruption :

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

I'll try and take a screencap if the clouds clear a bit better.

try the link in my last post, great view

nacho libre

possibly a stupid question, but i'll ask it anyway, given this has been going on for a few weeks now is it likely enough ash has made it's way into the stratosphere to effect the climate. or will it take Katla erupting for that to happen?

maquiladora

This is how it looks right now :

PJTierney

Wierd, it looks like the volcano just stopped long enough for me to fly to the US and back (21st -28th April)

alibabba

nacho libre wrote: »

possibly a stupid question, but i'll ask it anyway, given this has been going on for a few weeks now is it likely enough ash has made it's way into the stratosphere to effect the climate. or will it take Katla erupting for that to happen?

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2010-04-19-1Avolcano19_CV_N.htm


Somes it all up really.

darkman2

http://api.met.no/weatherapi/volcanicash/1.0?model=snap;content_type=image/gif


Latest projection. Not good for tomorrow. Cancellations again I think.

Giblet

Looks clear during my flight, but hits hard about 6 hours later. Wonder will that affect it. I'm flying south god damn it

maquiladora

Live screencap of the ash plume and the steam over of the left :

Giblet

15.40 The IAA said that further restrictions are unlikely in the next 24 hours and it will make a further statement at 9am tomorrow or 'sooner if the situation changes'.

Villain

darkman2 wrote: »

http://api.met.no/weatherapi/volcanicash/1.0?model=snap;content_type=image/gif


Latest projection. Not good for tomorrow. Cancellations again I think.

Couldn't disagree more charts look fine for tomorrow except for North Scotland maybe

L.O.F.T

Villain wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more charts look fine for tomorrow except for North Scotland maybe

Can you look as far as Thursday with any level of certainty?

darkman2

Villain wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more charts look fine for tomorrow except for North Scotland maybe

You're entitled to your opinion. I think airports probrably will be shut from tomorrow afternoon possibly sooner. We shall see. It won't last long though - Easterly winds setting in later Thursday should clear the risk.

kevin12345

great view from http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-fimmvorduhalsi/

KittyeeTrix

darkman2 wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion. I think airports probrably will be shut from tomorrow afternoon possibly sooner. We shall see. It won't last long though - Easterly winds setting in later Thursday should clear the risk.

Is this right that it may be cleared by easterly winds on Thursday......
My lads heading to Belgium on a rowing trip, at this point they make have to row there to be able to compete!!!!

Anyone know??

JanuarySnowstor

darkman2 wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion. I think airports probrably will be shut from tomorrow afternoon possibly sooner. We shall see. It won't last long though - Easterly winds setting in later Thursday should clear the risk.

The jetstream winds though are from Iceland throughout
Isn't it the winds higher up that matter.
If you look at the jetstream for the next week or so it shows a direct feed from Iceland