New Volcanic Ash restriction

[TheShark]

The IAA will be making a statement in about an hour regarding possible closures of Irish airspace tomorrow following a change in wind direction which may send the ash cloud into Irish airspace. Intending passengers should check airline websites.

 

[hopalong]

any good web links for tracking icelandic ash plume.

 

[vandriver]

Try www.radarvirtuel.com

 

[MugsGame]

CityJet have cancelled all filghts between DUB and LCY tomorrow. I think this is a bit premature, but we'll see.

Update: they've changed that page now to say that only some flights are affected.

 

[niceoneted]

Irish airspace is closed from 7am to be reviewed again at 1pm tomorrow (as per RTE news on their website) so I think they called it correctly.

 

[hopalong]

can track aircraft,nothing about ash.no mention in uk about ash tomorrow.

 

[TheShark]

Click on the layers tab and tick the volcasnic ash box

 

[dohouch]

This one seems more accurate , help I can't enter a link so it has to be long-hand

mapped.at/volcano/index.html

 

[missdaisy]

Irish airspace is open again. Further update from the Irish Aviation Authority at 8pm.

 

[shesells]

Will open at 1pm, not open yet!

 

[hopalong]

Click on the layers tab and tick the volcasnic ash box

thanks ,good info on ash.

 

[Emma1980]

not looking good though, they reckon there'll be closures again tomorrow and thursday...really hope this changes, meant to be going to madrid on saturday for my birthday

 

[alaskaonline]

vandriver - how accurate is your link? when i checked it there a minute ago, the ash cloud layer wasn't even near enough Ireland to make a ban of flights logical. i am planning to fly out on friday, so i am all nervous at the moment and monitoring any news coming from the IAA. it's so nerve wrecking!

 

[Locke]

You might find this one more up to date:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html

Met Office in England. They are updating as they are getting information. They have archive of images showing the History of this. Latest Image at top:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273037025.png

Flying to Barcelona on Friday. Well. That's the plan...

 

[Gervan]

As dohouch said, this one is better: [broken link removed]

 

[alaskaonline]

thanks Gervan. Looking at the forecast, I just want to cry.....I hope that cloud vanishes one way or another and asap.

 

[hopalong]

is it possible to get a wind forcast for monday,want to fly from london to dublin.

 

[dohouch]

This one is kept very up to date U.K Met Office in long hand
3w.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.HTML

I'm not allowed post proper URL's so you'll have to alter the above from 3w to www and then at the end from HTML to html

 

[hopalong]

have you any idea how one should read these maps,there are 4,each with diffenent numbers on them.

 

[dohouch]

have you any idea how one should read these maps,there are 4,each with diffenent numbers on them.

Top left -20100511/1800Z that's todays date and 1800 is 6 PM, top right is 12/0000Z is o (zero) )midnight) hours 12 May, then 12/0600Z is 12th may at 6 AM.
I think RED is then high ash concentration