Animated volcanic ash forecast map

probe

48 hour animated forecast volcanic ash map from Norwegian Meteo:

http://www.yr.no/verkart/1.7103434

vulcan57

That will come in handy for anyone flying over the next few months. Good find.

probe

vulcan57 wrote: »

That will come in handy for anyone flying over the next few months. Good find.

It is more professionally designed than the "spilt bottles of red and black ink" that Britain's incompetent met office has been foisting on us.

All the Norwegians are missing are layers (perhaps separate maps) to show 0 to 5000m, 5,000 to 10,000m and over 10,000m ash accumulations.

And a pause button to stop the time animation....!

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Wall Street Journal: 2010.05.12

"BRUSSELS—As clouds of ash from an Icelandic volcano continue to disrupt European aviation, airlines are attacking regulators over their analysis of the threat and decisions to close airspace.

"The chief executive of Irish national carrier Aer Lingus Group PLC Tuesday called the computer model used to track the ash clouds "inaccurate," and two major airline associations said their members were losing faith in the British office supplying European governments with data on the clouds.

"With the volcano still spewing ash, there's still a risk that airlines will need to ground some planes.

"A spokeswoman for the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in London, part of the British Met Office, defended the center's analysis and modeling. "It's a proven and internationally endorsed model," she said."

full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704250104575237821902244464.html?mod=WSJEUROPE_hpp_MIDDLEThirdNews

The data presented in the Norwegian meteo map linked to above is computed using the Norwegian government's Severe Nuclear Alert Program (SNAP) model

Andrew33

bump

andy_g

Andrew33 wrote: »

bump

Bumping for what reason may i ask? its a great link but will be found without bumps

Andrew33

andy_g wrote: »

Bumping for what reason may i ask? its a great link but will be found without bumps

Will it though? Better to keep it on the first page:D

andy_g

Ill add it to useful links for ya then it will always be at the top

jimogr

Looking at this, does it look like we're going to have disruption again in Ireland on Sun/Mon?