Assessment - 09 May 2010 15:00
The eruption plume is grey or light gray and mostly 4-5 km in height
(14-17,000 ft) but sometimes shoots up to 6 km (20,000 ft). It is
heading southeast but low level winds are easterly.
Tephra fallout is further west now. Black ashfall was detected at
Skógar this morning and also at Þorvaldseyri, just south of the
eruption site.
Noise was reported from Vestmannaeyjar-islands (35-40 km southwest of
erutpion), Vatnsdalur (190-200 km to the north), and Borgarfjörður
(~150 km to the northwest).
Deflation of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano contiues. Compared to last
seven days, the output from the volcano has been slowly decreasing but
the activity has been pulsating and further changes in overall activity
can be expected. Presently there are no indications that the eruption
is about to end.
The above is based on a
status report issued collectively by the Icelandic Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences at
12:00 today.