10minute update average tremmor hraun.vedur.is webcams: www.earthice.hi.is www.earthice.hi.is www.earthice.hi.is en.vedur.is REPORT PDF en.vedur.is reread video text docs.google.com 2010-05-02 by Icelandic Meteorological Office and Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. Based on: IMO seismic monitoring; IES-IMO GPS monitoring; IMO hydrological data; web cameras of the eruption site from Vodafone, Mila, and Múlakot; IMO weather radar measurements; information from scientists at Gígjökull. Eruption plume: Height (asl): Estimated from web-camera views and observers on the ground at an elevation of 45.4 km (1318,000 ft). Clouds of ash at lower elevations observed drifting south-east of the eruption site. No verifiable detections from the weather radar at Keflavík Airport. Heading: South-east from the eruption site. Plume track visible at least 200 km from the eruption site on MODIS (12:35 GMT) and EUMETSAT (17:15 GMT) satellite imagery. Colour: Dark grey (ash) clouds observed over the eruptive site. White (steam) plumes rising from Gígjökull, north of the eruption site. Tephra fallout: Moderate ash-fall reported in the village of Vík (12:00 GMT), located 40 km south-east of Eyjafjallajökull. Lightning: No detections today over the eruption site (18:00 GMT). Noises: Booming sounds heard during the night and throughout the day up to 40 km south-east of the eruption site. coria cone continues to form at the eruption site. produced where lava is in contact with ice