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Bárðarbunga (Baroarbunga)
Weather Forecast, Iceland

Issued: 11 pm Thu 26 Mar Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -16°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri morning, gales from the SE by Sat night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Mon night, min -14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WSW on Tue morning, near gales from the W by Tue night).

Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
1
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
mod snow
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
heavy snow
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
mod. snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
 km/h
20
SSE
10
WSW
20
N
55
N
10
NNE
20
SSW
75
SE
40
W
50
W
25
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
SSW
25
WSW
40
WSW
55
W
55
W
55
SW
75
SSW
9
2
4
12
12
6
4
4
3
2
4
3
2
4
4
2
5
max °C
-9
-9
-10
-11
-14
-12
-6
-9
-10
-10
-9
-10
-8
-10
-12
-11
-10
-8
-6
min °C
-9
-9
-10
-15
-16
-12
-11
-9
-10
-11
-11
-11
-10
-12
-13
-14
-10
-8
-7
-17
-13
-18
-27
-22
-20
-22
-19
-22
-20
-23
-22
-21
-23
-26
-28
-22
-19
-19
0
50
0
0
0
0
150
250
50
0
100
0
50
0
0
0
0
300
350
Cloud base (m)
1400
1200
1200
750
800
1800
1200
1200
750
750
750
750
750
750
800
800
800
800
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-12-12-13-16-18-15-11-13-14-14-14-15-12-14-17-17-14-12-10-9-9-10-13-15-12-9-9-10-11-10-11-9-11-13-13-10-8-7-3-3-3-7-8-6-3-2-4-5-4-4-3-4-6-6-3-2-1
Sunrise
6:45
6:41
6:37
6:33
6:31
6:26
Sunset
7:46
7:50
7:52
7:55
7:59
8:01

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Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Bárðarbunga is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Sat night, min -16°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri morning, gales from the SE by Sat night).

Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Mon night, min -14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WSW on Tue morning, near gales from the W by Tue night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Bárðarbunga at the specific elevation of 1500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Bárðarbunga. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Iceland.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Jökulsárlón
87 km SE
17m alt.
38 minutes ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 236).
0
118 km NW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
-
9
Light winds from the NW
(9 kph at 310).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Hofn
119 km ESE
5m alt.
3 hours ago
8° C
No report.
11
Light winds from the SSW
(11 kph at 200).
Skardsfjoruviti
126 km S
0m alt.
2 hours ago
-
11
Light winds from the SSW
(11 kph at 200).
130 km NNE
386m alt.
3 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
Skógarnes
159 km SW
59m alt.
38 minutes ago
-
24
Moderate winds from the E
(24 kph at 86).
39
Egilsstadir Airport
165 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
-7° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
2
Calm
(2 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
167 km WSW
120m alt.
58 minutes ago
1° C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 64).
10
Gagnheidi
168 km ENE
949m alt.
2 hours ago
0° C
No report.
180 km SW
101m alt.
1 hour ago
2° C
-
11
Light winds from the ENE
(11 kph at 57).
23

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.