FVXX20 KWBC 190500
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003APR19/0500Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: CHIKURACHKI   0900-36
LOCATION: N5019E15527    AREA: KURILES

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 5958 FT (1816M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/001
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. ANCHORAGE VAAC.
NOAA-16 IMAGERY. GEOSTATIONARY MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: SEVERAL ASH EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 19/0418Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL280 N4618E16643 N4551E16638 N4527E16853
N4612W16858 N4618E16643 MOV SE 50 KNOTS.  SFC/FL280 N4440E17040
N4411E17032 N4401E17125 N4427E17133 N4440E17040 MOV SE 50 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD
 
REMARKS: TWO FAINT ASH CLOUDS HAVE MOVED INTO WASHINGTON VAAC
AIRSPACE AND ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.  ASH
HEIGHT INFORMATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN BUT GROUND OBSERVERS AT THE
TIME OF THE ERUPTIONS ESTIMATED THE ASH TO BE BELOW FL200. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR19/1100Z


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