FVXX22 KWBC 161609
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003NOV16/1600Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SANTA MARIA 1402-03
LOCATION: N1445W09133    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12375 FT (3772 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/18

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES 12 IMAGERY
      
ERUPTION DETAILS: EXHALATION AT ABOUT 16/1400Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/1415Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL200 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH BETWEEN
N1445W09133 N1435W09157.  ASH IS MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: A UNITED AIRLINES PILOTS REPORTED A VOLCANIC
ERUPTION IN GUATEMALA. SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1445Z SHOWED
A NARROW PLUM OF ASH EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 20 NM WEST OF
SANTA MARIA. BROWN
      
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV16/2200Z
            
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