Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Reykjanes
in Iceland

Volcano Ash Advisories for air traffic

Although Volcano Ash Advisories (VAAC) are not intended for assessing humanitarian impact, the observations of the plume are relevant for understanding local impact. The actual impact (like ash fall) depends on the type of eruption and is not known.

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Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-05-29 at 21:36 UTC.

    Key information extracted from original VAA message :


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  • Effusive lava eruption.
  • Lava eruption at sundhnuksgigar is ongoing. Ash plume has now dissipated. Risk of further low level ash plumes, but for now no further advisories.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-05-29 at 17:26 UTC.

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  • Ongoing effusive eruption with small ash explosion.
  • Sundhnksgigar started producing a small ash the plume is low at present, with the top of clouds around 1. 5km.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-05-29 at 13:53 UTC.

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  • Effusive ongoing.
  • Large effusive eruption 12:24 UTC north east of sylingarfell. 1km fissure increasing. Small ash particles observed on radar below 5000ft in significant meteorological information out. No signature volcanic ash exp.

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