Inhabitants of Akureyri and other towns in Eyjafjörður fjord, North Iceland, can expect heavy pollution from the Holuhraun eruption tonight. According to the Icelandic Met Office's (IMO) interactive map tonight's air quality will be at the lowest point between 18 (6pm) and midnight.
IMO reports that tomorrow the the pollution will travel to the west and northwest coastal areas and in the evening it will reach the coastal areas in the southwestern part of the country.
You can view air pollution measurements from around Iceland here. Page is in Icelandic but each town/place is colour coded.
Live air pollution measurements from Reykjavík's monitoring are sites here.
Air Quality Index (AQI)
GREEN Good
YELLOW Moderate
ORANGE Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
RED Unhealthy
PURPLE Very Unhealthy
MAROON Hazardous
And here is an interactive map by the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) showing how the gases from the eruption in the centrel highlands will travel over Iceland in the next 36 hours.
Inhabitants of Akureyri and other towns in Eyjafjörður fjord, North Iceland, can expect heavy pollution from the Holuhraun eruption tonight. According to the Icelandic Met Office's (IMO) interactive map tonight's air quality will be at the lowest point between 18 (6pm) and midnight.
IMO reports that tomorrow the the pollution will travel to the west and northwest coastal areas and in the evening it will reach the coastal areas in the southwestern part of the country.
You can view air pollution measurements from around Iceland here. Page is in Icelandic but each town/place is colour coded.
Live air pollution measurements from Reykjavík's monitoring are sites here.
Air Quality Index (AQI)
GREEN Good
YELLOW Moderate
ORANGE Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
RED Unhealthy
PURPLE Very Unhealthy
MAROON Hazardous
And here is an interactive map by the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) showing how the gases from the eruption in the centrel highlands will travel over Iceland in the next 36 hours.
