FVXX21 KWBC 162005
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC16/2015Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: SAN CRISTOBAL  1404-02
LOCATION: N1242W08700    AREA: NICARAGUA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 5725FT (1745 M)
                         
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/007

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. INETER VOLCANO CAMERA.
SURFACE REPORT. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: PLUME WITH ASH SEEN AT 1245Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/1815Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL025 MOVING W 5 KNOTS. FL025/FL090 MOVING SW 5-10 KNOTS. 
           
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: SURFACE REPORTS FROM CHINANDEGA INDICATE THAT SAN
CRISTOBAL VOLCANO STILL HAS ONGOING ACTIVITY BUT IS CURRENTLY
ONLY MODERATE. A SMALL AREA OF ASH THAT MOVED OFF THE COAST HAS
BECOME TOO DIFFUSE TO SEE ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY.  THE
VOLCANO CAMERA STILL SHOWS STEAM AND GASES EMANATING FROM THE
SUMMIT. THERE MAY STILL BE ASH MIXED IN WITH THE STEAM...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC17/0215Z.

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