Eyjafjallajökull

[nemmie]

So since we are flying twice in the next month I have been watching this volcanic activity (haven't we all) like a hawk.
I don't see any other posts mentioning that Eyjafjallajökull has seriously quietened down.
This here
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano/ashconcentration/fiveday.html#D5
from the Met office shows a practically non exsistent ash cloud.
And this report from the Icelandic Met office is more than promising

Assessment 24 May 2010 15:00
There is still a considerable amount of steam coming from the crater, but no ash can be seen in it. According to a web camera, the steam plume reaches 2 km/6600ft (a.s.l.). Due to light northerly wind, it is heading south.

Conditions at the eruption site are similar to yesterday, estimated through a webcamera. Earthquake activity has decreased since yesterday; only one earthquake has been recorded since midnight. The eruption seems to be dormant.

However, tremor is still higher than before the onset of the eruption, especially in the frequency band 1-2 Hz. Details in a status report issued collectively by the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences at 14:00.

I know volcano's can change at any time but I am certainly feeling more optimistic about our up and coming flights

 

[2Tiggies]

I hope it stays quiet for you and everyone else depending on flights.

 

[taylor91]

I agree, I really want to go away

 

[howlongtillsummer?]

Great so far. Now do you see our friends at the met office have latched onto the possibility of an active hurricane season? Anything to keep themselves in the limelight I think!

 

[nemmie]

LOL LOL! Now hurricanes I am used to dealing with (and have been for many years). It usually works out ok. I used to stress myself stupid over them but now I realise there is nothing I can do and it's one of the very few downsides to loving FL. But I agree with you about the Met Office wanting to stay in the press LOL.

 

[nemmie]

Now all charts showing as
''NO VOLCANIC ASH EXPECTED''


http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano/ashconcentration/fiveday.html#D5

 

[JamieSimms91]

You'll be happy to know that on the BBC & Sky News a couple of days ago saying that the volcanic activity of the volcano is over, and all that the volcano is doing at the momment is letting off steam, so overall our travel plans will be okay

 

[nemmie]

You'll be happy to know that on the BBC & Sky News a couple of days ago saying that the volcanic activity of the volcano is over, and all that the volcano is doing at the momment is letting off steam, so overall our travel plans will be okay

Thats weird, we watch Sky News every morning and BBC (usually south granted) in the evening and we hadn't heard anything at all about it. That's why I had been following the Met Office charts. What makes me laugh is when its all disruptive and the media can scare monger it's all you hear about yet when some GOOD news occurs like it going dormant you struggle to find anything about it. I don't even see anything on the BBC website.

 

[howlongtillsummer?]

Totally agree although I did see the news on the BBC website. Glad to have one less thing to worry about.