2013-09-17

Dust storm on 17 September 2013

Still strong northerly winds and dust blowing from the sandur areas on the south coast of Iceland; from Landeyjasandur and nearby,  Mýrdalssandur, Meðallandsfjöru and nearby.

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Image from 13:40. Image from NASA/Rapidfire via IMO.

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Windspeed at Skarðsfjöruviti (a) was 10 – 11 m/s, with gusts up to 15 m/s. At Kirkjubæjarklaustrur (b) the wind speed was 13 – 15 m/s, but gusts up to 25 m/s.

2013-09-16

Dust storm on 16 September 2013

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A low south-east of Iceland caused strong winds, which in turn caused dust storms from the south coast, from Mýrdalssandur and Meðallandsfjörur.

Average wind speed at Skarðsfjöruviti around noon, when satellite images taken (13:00 below), was between 14 – 16 m/s, with gusts up to 21 m/s.

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Image courtesy of NASA/Rapidfire and IMO.

2013-09-02

Dust storm from sandur area north of Dyngjujökull

Quite a big dust storm originated from Holuhraun, north of Dynjujökull, outlet glacier of Vatnajökull, in Iceland today. At the time the satellite image was taken, around 14:40 on 2 September 2013, the wind speed at the nearby weather station Kárahnjúkar showed wind speeds of 18 m/s, with gusts up to 24 m/s.

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Image from NASA/Rapidfire via IMO.