No airspace closures, other than Iceland, are expected in Europe for the next 48 hours as a result of the Grimsvotn volcanic eruption but Airlines are being advised to monitor the situation closely. Eurocontrol's Central Flow Management Unit says the ash cloud from the volcano will drift to northern Scotland tomorrow and continue to west French airspace and northern Spain if the eruption's intensity is maintained. All Icelandic airports are closed to instrument traffic at least until late today and Eurocontrol said: "It is very likely that they will continue to be closed past today". ICELANDIC AIRLINES, which has been grounded since the eruption began, said it hopes to resume partial service tomorrow, and full service by Wednesday, if the forecast predictions hold. 2 weather radars, at Reykjavik's Keflavik Airport and a mobile unit, are monitoring the height of the Grimsvotn plume. Initially the plume reached 20km after the eruption started on Saturday, but fell back to 15km and then 10km. There has also been intense lightning activity, with strikes at a rate 1000 times that during the Eyjafjallajokull eruption last year.
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