Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 29.06.2026

OUTLOOK 1700 - 2300 GMT.

Winds/temperature at significant levels:
FL050: 230/15-30KT, 00
FL100: 230/15-30KT, -08
FL180: 240/20-45KT, strongest in the SW, -22

Overview of weather systems:
300 km NE of Langanes is a 995 mb low, moving NNE with a trough of low pressure to the W.1100 km SSE of Reykjanes is a 1006 mb low, moving NE. Over the Greenland Sea is a 996 mb minor low, moving slowly.

Near surface winds:
SW- and W-erly wind 10-25KT, strongest in central Iceland and up to 30KT in higher grounds. SW-erly 20-35KT by the SE coast.

Cloud heights/visibility/weather:
SCT/BKN at 1000-2000FT with showers of rain and poor visibility at times in the N and W parts of Iceland, but improving in the E and NE later. FEW/SCT above 2000FT and mostly dry and good visibility in the SE, later also in the E and NE. Tops around 7.000-10.000FT in the S and W, but above 18.000FT in the N.

Visual flight conditions in Iceland:
Poor in showers in the N and W parts, good/marginal in the SE and later in the E and NE.

Freezing level:
3500 to 6000 FT.

Atmospheric or cloud icing:
LGT OCNL MOD in precipitation.

Turbulence:
LGT, but OCNL MOD in central Iceland. MOD by the SE coast.

Other information:
NIL.