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Iceland volcanic ash may reach WK This Week:Volcanic eruption, which began on 21 May under the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajokull, could jeopardize transatlantic air traffic, with ash reaching the UK this week, depending on the weather office in Iceland.
“If the eruption does not abate, the ash may reach the UK this weekend,” Haraldur Eiriksson, a meteorologist with the Meteorological Office of Iceland, said in a telephone interview. ”According to our latest forecast, the cloud is expected to reach northern Norway at noon today.
Eurocontrol, which oversees the flight paths of Europe, said on its website yesterday afternoon that “at present has no influence on the European or transatlantic flights, and the situation is expected to remain so over the next 24 hours.”
Press Secretary of the UK National Air Traffic Services Ltd., said last night that the condition “is very changeable.”
“We are monitoring the situation very closely. We’re not speculating at all,” she said.
Eruptions have led to the closure of the main international airport in Keflavik Iceland, the second such violation within 13 months prior to the traffic island country. Icelandair Group HF (ICEAIR) says on its website it will cancel all European flights today, affecting 6,000 passengers.
The height of the ash was reduced to 10 kilometers (6.3 miles) of 20 km on 21 May, in accordance with Eiriksson. Meteorologists use a new system of weather radars to monitor development.
Eruption in 2010
Eruption at another Icelandic glacier, Eyjafjallajokull, April 14, 2010, European airspace is closed for six days, grounding 100,000 flights in the value of 1,7 billion U.S. dollars, in accordance with the assessment of what the International Air Transport Association. Iceland, with a population of about 320,000, is one of the most volcanically and geologically active countries in the world, and eruptions often.
“We can still see that the plume reaches 30.000 feet, although it is impossible to say whether the particles, which are now spewed out reach that height,” Eiriksson said. ”Zola will mainly affect people in Iceland today.
The eruption began on Saturday around 6:00 pm, about 220 kilometers southeast of Reykjavik. The volcano sent ash into the air, causing delays in some Scandinavian transatlantic flights. Ventilation of the volcano last in 2004. Grimsvotn and Eyjafjallajokull about 150 kilometers from each other.
Predictability Issue
It is impossible to say with certainty when the eruption will come to a complete halt, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a geologist from the Institute of Earth Sciences from the University of Iceland, said the national broadcaster RUV. Previous eruptions of Grimsvotn usually lasted several days with limited or no effect on international air travel, “he said.
Ash fall is covered with small towns in the south-east cost of Iceland immediately after the eruption of May 21. Last night, a dark cloud of ash reached Reykjavik, prompting city officials to warn people with asthma or other breathing disorders against venturing outside.
Iceland volcanic ash may reach WK This Week:Volcanic eruption, which began on 21 May under the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajokull, could jeopardize transatlantic air traffic, with ash reaching the UK this week, depending on the weather office in Iceland.
“If the eruption does not abate, the ash may reach the UK this weekend,” Haraldur Eiriksson, a meteorologist with the Meteorological Office of Iceland, said in a telephone interview. ”According to our latest forecast, the cloud is expected to reach northern Norway at noon today.
Eurocontrol, which oversees the flight paths of Europe, said on its website yesterday afternoon that “at present has no influence on the European or transatlantic flights, and the situation is expected to remain so over the next 24 hours.”
Press Secretary of the UK National Air Traffic Services Ltd., said last night that the condition “is very changeable.”
“We are monitoring the situation very closely. We’re not speculating at all,” she said.
Eruptions have led to the closure of the main international airport in Keflavik Iceland, the second such violation within 13 months prior to the traffic island country. Icelandair Group HF (ICEAIR) says on its website it will cancel all European flights today, affecting 6,000 passengers.
The height of the ash was reduced to 10 kilometers (6.3 miles) of 20 km on 21 May, in accordance with Eiriksson. Meteorologists use a new system of weather radars to monitor development.
Eruption in 2010
Eruption at another Icelandic glacier, Eyjafjallajokull, April 14, 2010, European airspace is closed for six days, grounding 100,000 flights in the value of 1,7 billion U.S. dollars, in accordance with the assessment of what the International Air Transport Association. Iceland, with a population of about 320,000, is one of the most volcanically and geologically active countries in the world, and eruptions often.
“We can still see that the plume reaches 30.000 feet, although it is impossible to say whether the particles, which are now spewed out reach that height,” Eiriksson said. ”Zola will mainly affect people in Iceland today.
The eruption began on Saturday around 6:00 pm, about 220 kilometers southeast of Reykjavik. The volcano sent ash into the air, causing delays in some Scandinavian transatlantic flights. Ventilation of the volcano last in 2004. Grimsvotn and Eyjafjallajokull about 150 kilometers from each other.
Predictability Issue
It is impossible to say with certainty when the eruption will come to a complete halt, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a geologist from the Institute of Earth Sciences from the University of Iceland, said the national broadcaster RUV. Previous eruptions of Grimsvotn usually lasted several days with limited or no effect on international air travel, “he said.
Ash fall is covered with small towns in the south-east cost of Iceland immediately after the eruption of May 21. Last night, a dark cloud of ash reached Reykjavik, prompting city officials to warn people with asthma or other breathing disorders against venturing outside.
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