FVXX22 KWBC 100104
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUN10/0100Z      VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: ANATAHAN 0804-20
LOCATION: N1621E14540    AREA: MARIANA ISLANDS
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 2585 FT (788 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/128
 
INFORMATION SOURCE:  GOES-9 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
GUAM MWO.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ASH AND GAS EMISSIONS SINCE MAY 10. 
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 10/0002Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 N1621E14540 N1339E13645 N1852E13632
N2421E14503 N1621E14540 MOVING W AT 5-10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: POLAR VISIBLE IMAGERY CONFIRMED THAT THE AREA OF ASH
ASSOCIATED WITH ANATAHAN WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN PREVIOUSLY
BELIEVED.   DIFFUSE ASH WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA WAS MOVING WEST. 
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AS THE SUN ANGLE INCREASES ONLY THE ASH
CURRENTLY BEING EMITTED FROM THE VOLCANO WILL BE DETECTABLE IN
VISIBLE IMAGERY.  TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUN11/0700Z.

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