Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 13.08.2026

OUTLOOK 1700 - 2300 GMT.

Winds/temperature at significant levels:
FL050: 280/10-20KT, but 030/10-20KT in the far NW, +07
FL100: 290/05-20KT, -02
FL180: 300/10-20KT, but 36010KT in the NW, -16

Overview of weather systems:
Over NE Iceland is a 1002 mb low, moving slowly ENE. Far S over the sea is a 1027 mb high and a ridge extending to the NW over Greenland.

Near surface winds:
E-erly or VRB wind 05-15KT, strongest in the NE, but NE-erly wind 10-20KT in the NW.

Cloud heights/visibility/weather:
Widely BKN/OVC at 0300-2000FT with rain/drizzle and isolated rainshowers with poor visibility in the N part of Iceland, but light rain/drizzle in the S part with mist/fog in most places especially by the S and E coasts. Slowly improving in the SE later. Tops above 20.000 FT in the N, but around 12.000 FT in the S.

Visual flight conditions in Iceland:
Widely poor/impassable.

Freezing level:
8.000 to 9.000 FT.

Atmospheric or cloud icing:
LGT/MOD in isolated shower in the N.

Turbulence:
LGT in the far NW.

Other information:
NIL.