Storm warning issued by the Iceland Met Office
Storm and pouring rain are predicted on Wednesday and Thursday. Photo/Iceland Monitor
The Iceland Met Office has just issued a warning for a storm in most of Iceland tomorrow until Thursday morning.
The warning is as follows:
A south and southeast severe gale or storm (average wind speed 20-28 m/s) is forecasted in most of Iceland tomorrow and until Thursday morning.
Increasing winds in the western part tomorrow morning, but in the northeast tomorrow evening. Winds will be strongest in the north of the Snaefellsnes peninsula and the Reykjanes peninsula, including the main road to Keflavik Airport.
Considerable rain is forecasted along with the wind in the south- and west. In these regions, the heaviest rainfall is expected around mountains and ice caps.
Cumulative rainfall amounts could easily exceed 100 mm over 24 hours. Rising stream and river levels are likely on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, around the Eyjafjallajökull and
Mýrdalsjökull ice-caps, and south of the Vatnajökull ice cap. Travellers are cautioned
against fording rivers in these regions.
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