FVXX20 KWBC 211338
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2004JUL21/1338Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W9052   AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12346 FT (3763 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2004/27

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST. INSIVUMEH. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION ABOUT 1215Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 21/1315Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL170 N1440W09113 - N1440W09107
- N1432W09058 - N1429W09101 - N1434W09111 -
N1440W09113 MOVING NW 15-20 KNOTS. SFC/FL100
N1427W09052 - N1422W09053 - N1417W09058 -
N1421W09102 - N1427W09052 MOVING SW 5-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: NOT AVBL

REMARKS: ASH CLOUD SEEN ON VISIBLE IMAGERY AS WELL
AS A BRIGHT HOTSPOT ON NEAR IR IMAGERY.  HEIGHT OF
NW MOVING CLOUD IS ESTIMATED AT FL170 BUT MAY BE A
BIT HIGHER.   AS OF THE 1315Z IMAGE THE CLOUD WAS
35 KM TO 21 KM FROM THE VOLCANO AND NO LONGER
ATTACHED TO THE SUMMIT.  LOW LEVEL ASH IS LESS
THAN  SUMMIT HEIGHT AND APPEARS TO BE DISSIPATING
RAPIDLY.  ...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2004JUL21/1945Z

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