FVXX21 KWBC 040600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002NOV04/0600Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: REVENTADOR 1502-01
LOCATION: S0004W07739    AREA: ECUADOR
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12139FT (3700M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/006
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INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ERUPTION SINCE 03/1245Z.
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OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/0515Z
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OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL550 N0010W07735 N0025W07512 S0110W07125
S0240W07210 S0317W07401 S0045W07759 MOVING E TO SE AROUND 30 KTS.
SFC/FL350 N0010W07735 N0110W08028 N0100W08134 S0026W08145
S0042W07801 MOVING W AT 20 TO 30KTS.
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FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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REMARKS: THE VOLCANO CONTINUES TO ERUPT.  SATELLITE IMAGERY AND
THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE CONFIRMED ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION
OCCURRED AROUND 0105Z. ASH BOUNDARIES ARE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN
DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS AND THE HIGH LEVEL
ASH BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE ON THE EASTERN LOBE. ASH THEREFORE MAY
EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. THERE IS ALSO A
POSSIBLE MIXTURE OF ASH FROM THE ERUPTION OF GUAGUA PINCHINCHA AT
04/0215Z. ASH EXTENDS WEST OFF THE COAST OF EQUADOR AND EAST OVER
NORTHERN PERU AND SOUTHERN COLOMBIA.  
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002NOV04/1200Z.
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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