FVXX22 KWBC 100015
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC09/0015Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: FUEGO   1402-09
LOCATION: 1428N 9053W    AREA: GUATEMALA
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/10
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INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES 8 MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED SATELLITE
IMAGERY. GUATEMALA VOLCANOLOGISTS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: POSSIBLE ERUPTION AROUND 09/2245Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 09/2345Z SEEMS TO
CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST A BRIEF EXHALATION OF ASH. THE ASH
CLOUD NOTED EARLIER WAS AT LEAST INITIALLY QUITE DENSE BUT IT IS NOW
BEGINNING TO RAPIDLY DISSIPATE. RECENT COORDINATIONS MADE THROUGH TO
VOLCANOLOGISTS IN GUATEMALA HAVE INDICATED INCREASED INSTABILITY
WITH SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS OCCURRING WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
THERE IS STILL NO FORMAL HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT GIVEN TO THE CURRENT ASH
CLOUD BUT IT IS BELIEVED TO BE NEAR FL130.
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AS OF 2345Z...THE SMALL ASH CLOUD IS SEEN DISSIPATING ABOUT 30 KM
(16 NMI) WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE ASH CLOUD IS ABOUT 8
KM (4 NMI) WIDE.
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TRAJECTORY: WEST AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS. 
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/0600Z.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN
ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT
INTERNET URL ADDRESS   HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/).
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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ORRISON
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