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Old May 17, 2010 | 2:40 am
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jedikiah
 
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Originally Posted by RMINIONE
Quick question- I see US 768 PHL-GLA was canceled tonight. I am on this flight on Monday - so just a bit concerned.
GLA is currently open. UK gets the ash (at least directly from Iceland) when the wind at the appropriate level is a north-westerly. Forecast for the rest of the week is for this to change to westerly or south-westerly, so the ash will go north of Iceland away from the UK and most of Europe in general.

British Met Office is issuing a five day ash forecast every day at 12:00 GMT. They depend on a number of things so be cautious using them but they are some kind of a guide.
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