FVXX21 KWBC 301706
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003OCT30/1700Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: COLIMA 1401-04
LOCATION: N1931W10337   AREA: MEXICO
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 13451 FT (4100 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/053

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY.  GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. MEXICO CITY MWO. COLIMA CAMERA.

ERUPTION DETAILS: STEAM AND ASH ERUPTION AT 30/1628Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/1645Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL180 3 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN N1931W10337
N1935W10346.  ASH IS MOVING W 5-10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: SMALL ERUPTION OF MOSTLY STEAM WITH SOME ASH
OCCURRED AT 1628Z ACCORDING TO THE COLIMA AIRPORT TOWER VIA
MEXICO CITY MWO. SINCE THEN ASH HAS DRIFTED TO THE WNW ABOUT
10 NM SLOWLY AT 5-10 KNOTS . SINCE IT IS A VERY CLEAR
DAY...COLIMA CAMERA AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW THE PLUME
VERY WELL....GALLINA.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003OCT30/2300Z .

NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"