Today (Thursday) gas pollution from the Holuhraun eruption in the central highlands is expected west of the eruption site. According to the Icelandic Met Office's (IMO) interactive map air quality should be good in most populated areas today, except Borgarfjörður fjord and Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland where higher levels of sulfur dioxide are expected after noon.
IMO reports that tomorrow (Friday) the gas pollution is expected southwest and south of the eruption site.
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.
Today (Thursday) gas pollution from the Holuhraun eruption in the central highlands is expected west of the eruption site. According to the Icelandic Met Office's (IMO) interactive map air quality should be good in most populated areas today, except Borgarfjörður fjord and Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland where higher levels of sulfur dioxide are expected after noon.
IMO reports that tomorrow (Friday) the gas pollution is expected southwest and south of the eruption site.
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.
