The Iceland Volcano Thread

Villain

The green is the ash between 20,000 ft and 35,000ft i.e. FL200 to Fl350.

The blus is where the ash exceeds engine manufacturer ash limitations

Villain

Great shot maquiladora, you can see it as a large image here: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/43000/43894/Iceland_TMO_2010126_lrg.jpg

force eleven

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/05/icelands-eyjafjallajokull-volcano-bulging-slightly/1

According to this, the volcano is 'bulging slightly'. Doesn't sound the best. When are the southwesterlies going to return?
Seems the Atlantic has shut down at the moment....

maquiladora

Nice view of the plume in the sunlight as the cloud breaks a little now :

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

shiibata

Thought I was going to have no problem with flights tomorrow morning, flying out of Belfast into Palma, Majorca.. BUT after looking at the charts on the thread here, it looks as though Majorca is under threat tomorrow of ash:(.. I am supposed to land there at 1320, should I be worried?

positron

force eleven wrote: »

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/05/icelands-eyjafjallajokull-volcano-bulging-slightly/1

According to this, the volcano is 'bulging slightly'. Doesn't sound the best.

Sounds really nasty, but I know nothing about these things. Is that bad? Is there a place on the web where people know this sort of stuff (lava-ologists / scary-mountain-ologists or volcanologists even) get together and talk about this sort of stuff? It would be interesting to listen to what they have to say.

Not

positron wrote: »

Sounds really nasty, but I know nothing about these things. Is that bad? Is there a place on the web where people know this sort of stuff (lava-ologists / scary-mountain-ologists or volcanologists even) get together and talk about this sort of stuff? It would be interesting to listen to what they have to say.

I'm no expert, but Mount St. Helens comes to mind. That was very bad. Bulged for a while - then obliterated itself....:eek:

maquiladora

positron wrote: »

Sounds really nasty, but I know nothing about these things. Is that bad? Is there a place on the web where people know this sort of stuff (lava-ologists / scary-mountain-ologists or volcanologists even) get together and talk about this sort of stuff? It would be interesting to listen to what they have to say.

Bulging or inflation is a type of ground deformation that usually indicates there will be a new eruption event. It's possible that new magma has risen up from deep below and is moving to the surface, pushing the volcano slightly outwards.

positron

Found this nice gif of the past couple of weeks from here.

maquiladora

The latest ash forecast. Irish airspace still looking in the clear as the ash cloud stays out to our west spanning right across the Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to Spain.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273253030.png

red menace

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=eu&lang=eng

Good place for keeping an eye on all the earhquakes and volcanoes etc

redsteveireland

I just wish that cloud/ash would move out of the way!

maquiladora

Clear shot of the large plume right now. Lucky for us this is heading straight down over the Atlantic and not towards Europe at the moment.



Edit. Just a few mins later, even larger and higher now:

DOCARCH

Looking impressive! Most active I have seen since original erruption.

DominoDub

redsteveireland wrote: »

I just wish that cloud/ash would move out of the way!

Cloud line is moving clear now we should have a clear view of the action soon !

maquiladora

Another view from a different angle, further away. Refresh the image to update it : http://www.mulakot.net/images/myndavelar/14flugv.jpg

Jumpy

Does anyone have any predictions for Wed of next week?
I tried looking at the wind speed/dir maps but I cant make head nor tail of them.

delw

heard jean byrne on radio news at 20:00 dat sunday afternoon could turn bad for irish air space,dat winds change bak to NW,is this true?

thetonynator

delw wrote: »

heard jean byrne on radio news at 20:00 dat sunday afternoon could turn bad for irish air space,dat winds change bak to NW,is this true?

She said it was looking bad for sunday, said it on the half nine news too . . .

drymartini

at 21.52

drymartini

22.26

Joe Public

We seem to be stuck in a stream of northerly and north easterly winds, have our usual westerlies abandoned us? Has Deep Easterly concocted some contraption off the West coast that's steering them away from us?

sunbabe08

what going on with the world this year?? earthquakes, floods, a deep freeze for 2 month solid. another semi freeze in may. winds that are consistantly blowing down from the north instead of thier usually easterlies. north atlantic jet streams seems to have gone on strike. and now a volcano spewing out ash effecting air planes. it's madness

maquiladora

A few minutes ago :

alibabba

Google atlantic ocean desalinisation. Cause of the gulf stream to shift course

nemo366

hi all

i am meant to be flying to palma tomorrow evening. anybody have any idea if flights will leave dublin tomorrow evening. thanks for any advice

maquiladora

Ash causes further flight disruption

Saturday, 8 May 2010 09:08

Aer Lingus and Ryanair have announced flight cancellations to certain airports in Spain and Portugal, because of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland.


The announcements from Aer Lingus and Ryanair came last night, as the Irish Aviation Authority said that it expected Irish airports to operate normally until 1pm.


In a statement this morning, the Irish Aviation Authority said that Irish airspace is currently clear of ash.

However, they added that 'the ash cloud situated over the North Atlantic is drifting in over the Iberian Peninsula, and other parts of southern Europe, with a consequential risk to flight in those areas.'

'Irish Airports are expected to be open until at least midnight tonight.

'However, North Atlantic flights and flights to / from Southern Europe may be impacted over the weekend.'

Aer Lingus has cancelled some transatlantic flights, as well as some between Dublin and the Spanish airports of Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela.


Ryanair cancelled flights to and from the northern Spanish airports of Santander, Santiago, Valladolid and Zaragoza, as well as Porto in Portugal, between six o'clock in the morning and midnight (Sat.)

Ryanair also said there is a possibility that airspace over Madrid, Barcelona Girona and Reus may be affected by closures or disruption from 12pm.


Aer Arann said there were no planned cancellations of its flights.

Passengers are advised to check airlines' websites for details.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0508/travel.html

And here is the lastest ash forecast charts :

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273296251.png

sharkman

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maquiladora

sharkman wrote: »

Live feed from Volcano

Right click on the stream and Toggle Fullscreen to see things a bit closer up. :pac:

Also check the view from this camera :
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-hvolsvelli/

Plume looks slightly lower than yesterday evening but is still very large.

maquiladora

Plume height is increasing again, topping out above the view on the camera :

drymartini

10.12am

Deep Easterly

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

May 7th 19:00
35 minutes of eruption time lapsed

Tried to make this one as clear as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntLEhz-_PE

That is absolutey stunning! :eek: Do you know the name of the piece of music used? it works really beautifully with the video; captures the atmosphere extremely well!

galwaybabe

Very clear views from both webcams at the moment. Amazing! Anyone got any word on the other volcano? Katha I think its called

Redsunset

mel.b

Given the met forecast of ash on the website http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano/ashconcentration/

for 9am tomorrow, does anyone want to hazard a guess for what Monday morning is going to be like? I'm booked on SNN-LGW in the am and need to be in the UK for a course starting tues morning. I'm getting pretty close to booking the bus as a back up just in case.

Cheers,
mel.b

Pangea

UK Outlook for Sunday 23 May 2010 to Sunday 6 Jun 2010:

A northwesterly weather type is expected bringing some spells of unsettled weather with temperatures close to or just below normal for the time of year and little hint of any prolonged warmer spells at the moment. There are indications of above average rainfall amounts during the period, firstly over parts of northern UK, later the south appears to be wettest, with generally close to average rainfall at other times.

Updated: 1239 on Sat 8 May 2010

Looks like the north west wind direction will cause disruption with the ash in the long term also. Thats if volcano is still spewing ash of course.

rebel girl 15

Current VAAC predictions

Slimity

Pangea wrote: »

UK Outlook for Sunday 23 May 2010 to Sunday 6 Jun 2010:

A northwesterly weather type is expected bringing some spells of unsettled weather with temperatures close to or just below normal for the time of year and little hint of any prolonged warmer spells at the moment. There are indications of above average rainfall amounts during the period, firstly over parts of northern UK, later the south appears to be wettest, with generally close to average rainfall at other times.

Updated: 1239 on Sat 8 May 2010

Looks like the north west wind direction will cause disruption with the ash in the long term also. Thats if volcano is still spewing ash of course.

What are the typical wind directions surrounding us for the next few months?(summer) Would South Westerlies be the most favourable to keep the ash away?
Also is it just N or NW winds that will cause us problems?

Thanks.

Heyes

Im suppose to be flying on Tuesday, any chance it wont happen ?

drymartini

21.13 - 8 May 2010

drymartini

21.50 - 8 May 2010

Jumpy

drymartini wrote: »

21.13 - 8 May 2010

OMG their faces are on fiiiire. Its the end of the woooooorld.

Man, I am tempted to fly to Iceland and find that webcam so I can wear some sort of scary mask in it. Freak out some volcano watchers.

DOCARCH

Heyes wrote: »

Im suppose to be flying on Tuesday, any chance it wont happen ?

Looking less likely and looking messy out there looking at the latest advisory map from VAAC:

http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273381748.png

Latest from IAA:

Based on current information, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, and Shannon airports will be open until 0100 hrs local on Monday 10th May. Donegal, Sligo, and Ireland West (Knock) airports will operate normally until 1500 hrs Sunday, when restrictions will apply, due to the high risk exclusion zone.

Restriction will also apply to Galway airport from 1600 hrs and to Kerry airport from 2200 hrs. The position regarding any further restrictions or changes will be confirmed at 1430 hrs today.

YFlyer

Just got a text from Aer Lingus. Their flight today at 16:40 from Lyon to Dublin is cancelled.

Oh well I'll have to book another day in the hotel.

RubyBlu

Trying to get the ferry from Scotland to Belfast and drive down to Galway today. Does anyone know about renting a car. Want to collect at Scotland and return in Galway. Do they do this? Anywhere open on Sundays?

Jumpy

RubyBlu wrote: »

Trying to get the ferry from Scotland to Belfast and drive down to Galway today. Does anyone know about renting a car. Want to collect at Scotland and return in Galway. Do they do this? Anywhere open on Sundays?

Some of the larger companys like Hertz or Avis would probably allow this.

DOCARCH

RubyBlu wrote: »

Trying to get the ferry from Scotland to Belfast and drive down to Galway today. Does anyone know about renting a car. Want to collect at Scotland and return in Galway. Do they do this? Anywhere open on Sundays?

I wouldn't have thought so - usually rental companies will only allow you drop off within country you have rented the car. What would they do with an 'english' reg rental car in Galway? Somebody would have to bring it back before they can rent it out again.

Just seeing glimpses of volcano now again this morning on webcams as cloud clears. Still pumping out ash.

Looking at the charts http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

it appears that activity is slowing down, with a bit of luck that means that the eruptions will stop soon.

drymartini

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the charts http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

it appears that activity is slowing down, with a bit of luck that means that the eruptions will stop soon.

There's been 2 quakes in the past hour @ 9.41 & 9.42.

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/#view=table

Heyes

drymartini wrote: »

There's been 2 quakes in the past hour @ 9.41 & 9.42.

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/#view=table

wow whats going on ?!.. could this imply a massive explotion brewing ?