Yesterday, and today (7 March 2013), we have had some snowfall here in Reykjavik. Usually isn’t really a news, although snowfall has been rather rare this winter. However, what is kind of interesting is that the snow is quite far from being white.
The snow is more towards brownish, as seen (hopefully) from the figure below. Mind you, this car has not been moved since the snowfall started, and this is the color on the ground and everywhere.
The most likely explanation is that the snow is mixed with ash and dust from the east. There has been a relatively strong easterly wind, and blowing ash and dust has been reported in the area east of Eyjafjallajökull (Eyjafjöllum, Mýrdal, Fljótshlíð, Öræfasveit, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, and other places).
Wind has been from the area, as seen on this map from this morning from IMO.
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