FVXX20 KWBC 181500
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002NOV18/1500Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: REVENTADOR   1502-01
LOCATION: S0004W07739    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 11686 FT (3562M)
                                    
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/53 
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSION AT 18/1245Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/1415Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 3 NMI WIDE LINE OF ASH BETWEEN S0128W07826
AND N0002W07757 MOVING W AT 10-15 KNOTS
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: CLOUDS HAD CLEARED SUFFICIENTLY BY 1415Z TO DETECT AN ASH
PLUME IN VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY EXTENDING 19 NMI WEST OF THE 
SUMMIT.  THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE INDICATED THAT THE COLUMN OF ASH
ROSE 1 KM ABOVE THE SUMMIT...APPROXIMATELY FL150.  TURK
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002NOV182100Z.
 
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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