FVXX20 KWBC 181844
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUN18/1900Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA 1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826 AREA: ECUADOR
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/100
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.
ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS STARTING AT 06/2000Z. NEW
ERUPTION AT 18/1015Z.
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/1815Z
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL270 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
S0126W07832 S0121W07848. ASH IS MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
REMARKS: ASH HAS BECOME HARDER TO DETECT IN IMAGERY BUT A VERY
FAINT PLUME CAN BE SEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WNW. THE PLUME AT THIS
TIME APPEARS TO BE DETACHED FROM THE VOLCANO...HOWEVER THERE IS A
HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT ASH EXTENDS BACK TO THE SUMMIT...GALLINA
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUN19/0100Z.
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only"
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