FVXX20 KWBC 120807
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2004AUG12/0800Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: GALERAS 1501-08
LOCATION: N0113W07722   AREA: COLOMBIA

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 14029 FT (4276 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2004/009

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BETWEEN 12/0445Z AND 12/0515Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 12/0715Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL350 N0200W07649 N0114W07800 N0033W07800
N0050W07600 N0200W07600 N0200W07649. ASH MOVING NE AROUND 15
KNOTS AND E AROUND 10 KNOTS AND SW AROUND 10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: NOT AVBL

REMARKS: IN GOES-12 IMAGERY THERE WAS A STRONG ERUPTION NOTED AT
UNABLE TO TALK WITH THE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY IN COLOMBIA. THE ASH
IS SPREADING IN ALL DIRECTION FROM THE VOLCANO BUT MAINLY TO THE
NORTHEAST EAST AND SOUTHWEST. HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT IS ESTIMATED BASE
ON LIGHT AND VARIABLE MODEL WINDS. WILL TRY TO GATHER BETTER
INFORMATION AND UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2004AUG/1000Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"