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09/05/10 Ash Coud Threatens Flight Disruption in Coming Week
Although the situation affecting northern Spain appears to have slightly, the ash cloud continues to be a threat to flights in Europe.
The cloud itself is reported to measure approximately 3,000km by 2,000km, covering a large proprtion of the North Atlantic between Ireland and Canada. That ash cloud is vulnerable to being carried across parts of Ireland, the UK and central Europe by air currents in the changing weather paterns.
The current situation is that Irish airports are open but restrictions are expected in the west of Ireland later today.
The UK is clear except for the north of Scotland, with Inverness, Wick, Kirkwall, Stornaway, Benbecula and Barra airports closed, but expected to open later today.
A relatively narrow area of ash cloud that has been pulled across northern Iberia by wind currents is still resulting in restrictions in Portugal, northan Spain, southern France, and northern Italy. This area of the ash cloud could affect various areas in central Europe over the next few days.
The ash cloud expected to cause restrictions in Ireland later today, could threaten the rest of Ireland and parts of the UK over the next few days.
Passengers are advised to check with their airline for details on individual flights.