Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 Low level flight conditions over Iceland

                 10.12.2025

OUTLOOK 1200 - 1700 GMT.

Winds/temperature at significant levels:
FL050: 060/45-60KT, -05
FL100: 100/30-50KT, -10
FL180: 120/10-25KT in the E, but 130/25-40KT in the W, -24

Overview of weather systems:
Just SE of Faroe Islands is a 962 mb low, moving NE, but over NE-Greenland is a 1022 mb high. 550 km SE of Cape Farewell is a 957 mb low, moving slowly.

Near surface winds:
NE- and E-erly winds, 25-50 KT, strongest ain the SE and in Westfjords with gust up to 60KT.

Cloud heights/visibility/weather:
BKN/OVC at 0500-2000 FT in the N and E parts, with patches of rain, sleet or drizzle and poor visibility at times, snow on higher grounds. SCT/BKN ABV 3000 FT in SW-Iceland and mostly dry with good visibility. Tops LYR at 18,000 FT.

Visual flight conditions in Iceland:
Poor/impassable in E-part but also in the far NW, but generally good elsewhere.

Freezing level:
1500 to 3000 FT, highest in the SW.

Atmospheric or cloud icing:
LGT ISOL MOD ABV FZL.

Turbulence:
MOD/SEV (see SIGMET).

Other information:
SEV TURB SIGMET