The Iceland Volcano Thread

rebel girl 15

I was actually thinking about this today, it had been so cold over the weekend with a north wind.

Its just Ireland thats been affected, over flys are okay

http://metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1272908173.png - currect VAAC projections

thetonynator

condra wrote: »

UGHHH I'm supposed to be flying to London on Wednesday.

If its only england its not too bad, but anywhere else and you're ****ed. At least its possible to get to england without a plane . . .

Travel is good

irish1967 wrote: »

The effect of this eruption on air traffic can be clearly seen here

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

At time of posting there are no planes north of Dublin for the British Isles :eek:

This is a pretty cool website. It shows a diagram of the ash cloud, which seems to be over Scotland and Northern Europe. At the moment most of the flights seem to be heading towards mid/southern Europe.

The quickest way to check your flights is to check the airport websites on www.daa.ie

lord lucan

Ah feck!! My sister is supposed to be flying to Vegas on her honeymoon tomorrow morning.:(

condra

Ryanair have cancelled all flights from 6am to 2pm TUESDAY..


Would anyone be able to hazard a guess as to what will happen after that?

Is there a good chance flights will resume after 2pm?

Deep Easterly

Defo traces of volcanic ash/dust over Galway (if not the whole country) this morning in the skies; first time I have seen any trace of evidence of this since the whole saga started a few weeks back. Tried to capture it on camara this morning but pics do not capture the essence of the sky this morning before the main bank of cloud moved over:



A sky I would normally associate with a more continental type set up from the east, but the air stream is coming from the direct NW. Was a nice site I have to say.

DOCARCH

Irish airspace to re-open at 1pm.

maquiladora

Haven't seen a swarm of earthquakes like this since around mid April. Not sure what it indicates about the nature of the eruption though....

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/

The also update from the Icelandic Met mentions :

Largest eruption plumes were observed at 5-5,5 km height (17-18,000 ft) estimated from the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) flight at 14:30. The plume rises higher after large explosions. It is heading east-south-east to south-east from the eruption site.

Scientists working at Gígjökull regularly hear explosions and booming sounds and feel the ground vibrate....

miss_daisy

DOCARCH wrote: »

Irish airspace to re-open at 1pm.

is this for certain??

Thanks:D

maquiladora

miss_daisy wrote: »

is this for certain??

Thanks:D

Yep, will be opening at 1pm. But the IAA is saying Irish airspace is still at risk for the rest of the week so there may be further restrictions, but fingers crossed there won't be.

miss_daisy

maquiladora wrote: »

Yep, will be opening at 1pm. But the IAA is saying Irish airspace is still at risk for the rest of the week so there may be further restrictions, but fingers crossed there won't be.

Ok I really need to get flight to Malaga, my brother was meant to be flying this morning at 9.30am, does anyone know how quickly that Ryan Air will be putting on the cancelled flights??

Any help would be so greatly appreciated...

sunbabe08

people, irish skies are opened again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my prayers have been answered. there is a god

maquiladora

miss_daisy wrote: »

Ok I really need to get flight to Malaga, my brother was meant to be flying this morning at 9.30am, does anyone know how quickly that Ryan Air will be putting on the cancelled flights??

Any help would be so greatly appreciated...

Keep an eye on updates here http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0504/travelupdates.html

miss_daisy

sunbabe08 wrote: »

people, irish skies are opened again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my prayers have been answered. there is a god

what the flights aree going now??

Feeona

Deep Easterly wrote: »

first time I have seen any trace of evidence of this since the whole saga started a few weeks back.

Did you know saga is an Icelandic word for 'story'?

Nice picture.

Brother and his wife and son are supposed to be flying back to London today...my nephew's first year college exams are starting next week, and he's having a few panic attacks, the poor thing!

rebel girl 15

Feeona wrote: »

Did you know saga is an Icelandic word for 'story'?

Nice picture.

Brother and his wife and son are supposed to be flying back to London today...my nephew's first year college exams are starting next week, and he's having a few panic attacks, the poor thing!

Colleges are being understanding as regards the ash - I know my own college asked lecturers to extend deadlines and rearrange exams if needed for those caught by the cloud

Pangea

sunbabe08 wrote: »

people, irish skies are opened again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my prayers have been answered. there is a god

They are closed now again!




Only joking

maquiladora

IAA will review the situation at 8pm tonight.

Pangea

Latest information from the Icelandic Meteorological Office has confirmed an increase in activity from the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull.

As the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre for this area, the Met Office is continuing to provide timely information to NATS and CAA about the dispersion of the volcanic ash. This is in line with the new engine criteria set by the CAA and the aviation industry.

Current ash advisories bring the ash plume towards the north west of the UK.

Any decisions on airspace closures are the decision of the CAA and NATS and further information on the impacts of this increased activity should be sought from them.




http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano.html

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.

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

Deleted User wrote: »

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