The breezy conditions across Britain at the moment are more than matched in
the south of Iceland. At midday Vestmannaeyjar in the far south was
recording a wind speed of 83 mph from the south west with a surface pressure
of 952mb. Visibility was reduced to less than 1km due to heavy snow and
probably salt spray as well. The temperature was in fact fairly high around
2C.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:41:56 GMT, "Ian Currie" wrote:

The breezy conditions across Britain at the moment are more than matched in
the south of Iceland. At midday Vestmannaeyjar in the far south was
recording a wind speed of 83 mph from the south west with a surface pressure
of 952mb. Visibility was reduced to less than 1km due to heavy snow and
probably salt spray as well. The temperature was in fact fairly high around
2C.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com

Always guaranteed to require a solid feather of two when plotted, Westmann
Island must be one of the wildest places on Earth (and it has volcanoes as
well).


JPG

The meterological station is on a hill on the south end of the island
of Heimaey, in the Westman islands. The winds in the Vestmannaeyjar
town are less than half of those in the station at Stórhöfði.