Manufacturology

Ash cloud over Europe

Predicted ash cloud distribution for Sunday 18 April at 06h00 GMT+1. Source: Meteorologisk institutt, met.no.

The above dispersion map, which is a simulation, shows that the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano is likely to remain over Europe for at least another couple of days. As seen in the picture, the cloud is expected to widen and remain over parts of Scandinavia and central Europe as of Sunday 06h00 GMT+1.

Swedish media is reporting that some airports in northern Sweden may open today (SvD, DN). But my interpretation of the map above is that those are exceptions, until sunday at least.

Update 17 April: According to Swedish media, the ash cloud will remain over Europe and Scandinavia for several days. Check out my volcanic ash plate–experiment.