Weather warnings for South Iceland

Live Met Office warnings for Suðurland in their own words, with the wind at Selfoss beside them — and what a regional warning does and doesn't mean here.

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Where to check, before and during

Veðurstofa Íslands — the official warnings pageThe source this page reads, with the full map and what each colour means. The English site is at en.vedur.is.

Umferðin (Vegagerðin) — road conditions and closuresLive status for Hellisheiði, Þrengsli and the roads east. The road service's information line is 1777.

SafeTravel — alerts and travel conditionsRun with ICE-SAR; carries travel alerts and lets you leave a travel plan.

Sveitarfélagið ÁrborgMunicipal notices, snow clearing and school closures. The Ráðhús is on 480 1900.

Get an email when a warning is issued

Official warnings, forwarded the moment the national service issues one for the area — headline and all, in its own words. Nothing in between. No account, one-click unsubscribe.

Worth knowing

A warning for the region is not a forecast for the town

Suðurland runs from Þingvellir to the sand plains east of Hvolsvöllur, and most of it is far more exposed than Selfoss. The town sits low and inland on the Ölfusá, sheltered compared with the coast and the high ground either side. A yellow wind warning can be a serious day on Hellisheiði and an unremarkable one on Austurvegur. The Met Office's own text normally says where in the region the worst of it will be — that sentence is the one worth reading.

Why this matters for getting out of town

Every road west crosses high ground: Hellisheiði on the ring road and Þrengsli as the alternate, with Hveragerði on the far side. Wind, drifting snow and ice on those passes are what close them, and Vegagerðin usually changes a road's status after the Met Office has already issued the warning. Check the warning, then check the road.

One bridge over the Ölfusá

The 1945 bridge is still the only crossing in town until the new one opens, and it is a single lane for heavy vehicles. In a strong wind warning high-sided vehicles are the first thing restricted anywhere in Iceland, and a restriction on that bridge backs traffic through the middle of Selfoss rather than around it.