This Iceland Volcano , thing , ... Wtf ???

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There has been a slight increase in volcanic activity over the last 18 hours and with strong to gale force winds across southeastern Iceland, and our northwesterly air flow, a further ash plume, between 19,500 feet and 23,000 feet, is sinking southwards across Britain, currently causing airport closures in northwestern parts.
This could cause problems for Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Luton and even as far south as Heathrow within the next 24 to 36 hours.
Significantly, we will see a wind change on Tuesday evening into Wednesday with a more mobile westerly, southwesterly wind flow, pushing the ash plume away from Britain in a northeasterly direction into the northern Atlantic towards Greenland.
The Met Office stress this is a very fluid situation and could change hourly, but forecast from Wednesday this week air traffic across Britain will return to normal.
This is a situation we may see repeated many times over the coming months as this volcano continues to erupt.
For the latest no fly zone - check out these ash cloud concentration level charts on the Met Office site, which illustrate very clearly the no fly zone in black.
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Ryanair said:
SUN 16TH MAY

IRISH & UK AIRSPACE:

Based on current UK CAA and Irish Aviation Authority information (click here, for volcanic ash charts) a high density ash cloud is covering Northern Ireland, NW Ireland, the west of Scotland and northern England. Consequently a number of airports have been closed for the remainder of today (see list below). However, Dublin, Kerry, Shannon and Cork Airports expect to remain open until at least 19:00hrs.

Click here for the current list of cancelled flights.

All intending passengers should monitor their flight status on Ryanair's live flight information page before they leave for the airport

DISRUPTED AIRPORTS

KNOCK closed from 07:00hrs -local time
BELFAST CITY closed from 07:00hrs - local time
CITY OF DERRY closed from 07:00hrs - local time
EAST MIDLANDS closed from 13:00hrs - local time
GLASGOW PRESTWICK closed from 13:00hrs- - local time
LIVERPOOL closed from 13:00hrs- local time
MANCHESTER closed from 13:00hrs - local time
LEEDS-BRADFORD closed from 13:00hrs- local time
DONCASTER closed from 13:00hrs - local time
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it could well end up being mate, as the insurance will be paying out for holiday abandonment though, I will look into rental vehicles + ferry.
 

Given the choice between some very faceless bureaucrat closing the sky at the drop of an ash, and Willie Walsh wanting to fly his toys around with real people in them; the faceless bureaucrat would win every time for me.

I wouldn't trust walsh with threepence, and that's not even legal tender
 
The winds gonna change from Tuesday evening ...its gonna turn to a SW direction and should keep the ash away from UK airspace...maybe a few delays but that should be the worst of it.....

Michael Fish!
 

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