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Bárðarbunga (Baroarbunga) Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 5 am Sat 10 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun afternoon, min -7°C on Sat morning). Mainly severe gales.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Wed morning, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Tue night, extremely windy from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
snow showers
clear
clear
light snow
part cloud
light snow
part cloud
mod snow
snow showers
heavy snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
snow shwrs
clear
clear
light snow
some clouds
light snow
some clouds
mod. snow
snow shwrs
heavy snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
800
750
750
2600
4750
700
1250
700
1200
1200
1250
1250
1150
1200
1250
1250
750
800
km/h
10
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSE
80
SE
45
SSW
45
SSW
30
SSE
35
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
65
SSE
95
S
50
WNW
95
NW
40
W
50
SW
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Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
2
—
2
—
10
20
15
1
1
3
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-6
-6
-6
-4
-3
-3
-5
-5
-4
-6
-6
-5
0
-5
-7
-11
-9
-6
min °C
-7
-7
-7
-5
-3
-3
-5
-5
-5
-6
-7
-8
-2
-8
-11
-12
-11
-8
 chill °C
-12
-14
-14
-11
-7
-12
-15
-15
-13
-15
-17
-18
-12
-23
-26
-28
-22
-19
Freezing level m
700
900
450
900
1200
1050
1200
1150
1150
1050
1000
750
950
1250
700
0
0
800
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-7-7-7-5-3-3-5-5-5-6-7-7-1-7-9-12-10-7-4-4-5-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-4-50-3-7-11-8-523134444443254-1-6-22
Sunrise
7:46
—
—
7:48
—
—
7:52
—
—
7:54
—
—
7:58
—
—
8:00
—
—
Sunset
—
6:06
—
—
6:02
—
—
5:59
—
—
5:54
—
—
5:52
—
—
5:47
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Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Bárðarbunga is: A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun afternoon, min -7°C on Sat morning). Mainly severe gales.

Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Wed morning, min -12°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Tue night, extremely windy from the SSW by Wed afternoon).

This table gives the weather forecast for Bárðarbunga at the specific elevation of 2009 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
98 km S
120m alt.
2 hours ago
9°C
No report.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
Akureyri Airport
118 km NW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Hofn
119 km ESE
5m alt.
2 hours ago
8°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
120 km NW
120m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
No report.
Skardsfjoruviti
126 km S
0m alt.
2 hours ago
10°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
130 km NNE
386m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
partially cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
Egilsstadir Airport
165 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
6
Light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 340 to 060 degs)
(6 kph at 30).
10.0 km
Low: broken
167 km WSW
120m alt.
1 hour ago
Dry
Gagnheidi
168 km ENE
949m alt.
2 hours ago
0°C
No report.
180 km SW
101m alt.
1 hour ago
6°C
Dry
19
Light winds from the SW
(19 kph at 233).
27

* 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.