Useful weather links for Iceland

I have listed these by usefulness and category, so some are duplicated, some might be broken, that’s life…


Langjökul kiting

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Belingur 2-3 day model 

Detailed model of local wind/wx conditions, so far this has proved v reliable

Theyr Iceland forecast  

Good presentation of next 3 days, Beilingur better for short term details

Hveravellir wx now

Current wind at Hveravellir (to the NE of glacier 600m asl

Husafell wx now

Current wind at Husafell (to the W of glacier 140 m asl)

IMO forecast

Forecasts for the next day or so from the Icelandic Met Office

Windsurfing/Kite buggying/kayaking

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Theyr Iceland forecast  

Very good presentation of next 3 days

US Navy forecasts

Good predictions of wind waves etc (thanks Birkir !)

Tide table for Rvk harbour)

Table of tide levels, the last column is the height, watch out for the date/time, as the table contains old data as well

Recent weather graphs, Garðabær

Plots of wind and temp data for the last 48 hours

Recent weather graphs, Þingvellir

Plots of wind and temp data for the last 24 hours

Recent weather graphs, Þorlákshöfn

Plots of wind and temp data for the last 24 hours

Iceland sea conditions clickable map (good for tides)

Winds and waves for all of Iceland, click on the data for the tides in that area

Reykjavik 7 day forecast from GFS

Accurate medium term forecast for Reykjavik


Snow info and skiing

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Snow depth measurements 

Current snow depths (look at Ákoma for the daily change)

Sandskeið wind conditions

Wind at Sandskeið airstrip

Bláfell wind conditions

Wind etc at Bláfell

Ski area reports

Ski ‘resort’ pages


General travel weather

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Theyr Iceland forecast  

Very good presentation of next 3 days

Iceland road conditions clickable map

Clickable to show last 48 hours data

Wetterzentrale

Lots of links to charts and forecasts around Europe 

5 day forecast from Veðurstofan

Rather hard to read forecast for various places around Iceland


Sat pictures and forecast charts

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Recent HRPT images

These may cover Iceland, normally no more that 1 day old

Sembach (USAF) forecast charts

Easy to read forecast maps covering europe

UKMO Bracknell charts

Pressure predictions, v accurate, but need some analysis

NGP charts (US navy)

Lots of useful forecast charts


last messed up by the evil that is MSword on Monday 3rd April 2006