The frozen north of Iceland yesterday (Image courtesy of RUV)
As forecasted right here on markvoganweather.com since Friday/Saturday, the deep low crossed Iceland and once the centre got east of this large island, the pressure bottomed out at an impressive 975 mb which brought stinging northerly gales which brought some damage but more importantly, severe cold, windchills and HEAVY SNOW. Blizzard conditions impacted the north which rapidly became a frozen wasteland.
As stated in an article Sunday, I has concern over intensity of wind and also potential for ‘significant’ snowfall, interestingly, according to sporadic reports, this was the arliest such weather on record here with the highest winds recorded last night at 61.1 m/s in Bjarnarflag, Northeast Iceland. While travellers had to get rescued from blocked roads and attrocious conditions, so too did sheep.
Björgunarsveitarmenn helped save money Fenn had to Aðaldalur. Image: Maple Snæbjörnsson.
The power grib became crippled in a matter of hours as the weight of ice built up on powerlines quickly brought the lines down. This is said to have been the worst impact to the powerlines in a region accustomed to severe wind, snow and cold in 17 years! Between 15-20cm of snow fell.
The reason for such conditions was the position and depth of the low and the amount of cold air this circulation could pull off Greenland.
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The greatest loss in seventeen years
Forecast chart for Iceland courtesy of IMO
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