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This lower level, even those three miles, we'll still call this lower level ash, will be picked up by the lower level winds and the surface winds. those winds are blowing right towards the u.k. even though other countries are opening air space, so to speak, the air space that they're opening is above 35,000 feet. because the ash that was very high has either blown away or settled out. so the air above 30,000 feet is clean, clean enough for planes to go through. the problem is getting to that 30,000-foot level, because you have to start from the ground, and you can't fly through the dirty layer...

T eted the atmosphere. >> rob, when you look at the pictures, it's hard to imagine anything flying near that any time soon. eventually something has to give. >> we're seeing some disburgs but it looks so thick, unlike other volcano that's are throwing up steam. it is throwing junk very dense into the atmosphere. here's a satellite picture taken last night. you see the ash towards the north there. let's break down the forecast as far as what we expect to see going forward with the winds. west to east knflow of the uppe levels. that is expected to continue. what's surprising and interesting and ...

This is the forecast from the u.k. office in england. showing the surface to 20,000 foot winds are directing this a little farther to the west. getting us close as newfoundland, canada. there are flights canceled out of st. johns. it shows that some of the winds at the lower elevations are bringing some of that light ash over towards north america. looks like this is going to be an ongoing story throughout the week. we'll update you as best we can from the cnn severe weather center. >> good stuff, rob. thanks. >> coming up at 6:30 eastern. europe is drenched in ash. thousands of flights cancel...

North and east or heads off to the north and east on the backside of it, we're going to get a northwesterly flow. any westerly wind component is what i'm looking here because it will push anything to the east. again, these are surface winds. we'd have to have a breach of the core in that power plant to begin to talk about anything into the upper levels of the atmosphere, we're nowhere near there. continuing coverage after the break. [ male announcer ] it's 2011 and everything is different. different jobs... ♪ ...different challenges. ♪ different opportunities. ♪ so why would universities...

See those winds shifting. take a look at this graphic right here, talking about the surface winds and the winds have been very strong. we actually have an area of low pressure that's departing and this model will start right back in, in a second, you can see how tight they are. this is actually potentially taking some of that radiation up towards the aleutian islands, even potentially up towards northeastern portions of russia. keep in mind as you look at this graphic as we widen up a bit more for you look how far away we are from japan to the western coastline of the u.s., well, the problem a...