FVXX21 KNES 161531
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070316/1530Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 1402-09
LOCATION: N1428 W09052   AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12346 FT (3763 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/011

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/1445Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL200 N1429 W09055 - N1425
W09031 - N1415 W09053 - N1429 W09055 MOVING SE
5-10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 16/2100Z SFC/FL200 N1429
W09055 - N1423 W09020 - N1418 W09021 - N1417
W09053 - N1429 W09055 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 17/0300Z SFC/FL200 N1429
W09055 - N1425 W09017 - N1411 W09019 - N1414
W09053 - N1429 W09055 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 17/0900Z SFC/FL200 N1428
W09053 - N1425 W09017 - N1403 W09042 - N1428
W09053 

REMARKS: VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS
INCREASED EMISSIONS FANNING OUT FROM SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST FROM THE SUMMIT AT 1445Z. 
MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS AN
INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ASH IN THE EMISSIONS
WHICH EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 20 NMI TO THE SOUTH
AND 20 NMI TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE VOLCANO. 
FORECAST MODEL WINDS DO NOT REFLECT THE OBSERVED
SOUTHWARD ASH MOVEMENT RESULTING IN LOW
CONFIDENCE IN THE ASH FORECAST. ...TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070316/2130Z

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