At Raufarfell the PM10 reached 590 micro-g/m3 just before 16:00.
The northerly wind direction blows sand from Landeyjasandur out to sea, over Vestmannaeyjar.
At Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar, the wind was from the north at 21 m/s at 16:00. And between 15 and 18 m/s from the NNE between 12 and 13.
Satellite image taken at 12:35 by Terra (image NASA/Rapidfire and IMO).
Þröstur Þorsteinsson.
Environment and Natural Resources & Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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