A wind gust reaching 57.9 metres per second was recorded just after 07:00 this morning at Hvammur, a weather station located under Eyjafjöll in southern Iceland, according to mbl.is. The measurement was noted as the highest wind gust recorded so far today while a powerful storm system sweeps across the country.
Meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson of Blika drew attention to this significant measurement in a Facebook post earlier today. No further details about other stations or additional remarks have yet been reported.
Sources
- mbl.is (first reported) in Icelandic
