FVXX21 KWBC 200430
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN20/0430Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: FUEGO  1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W09053    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)
                         
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/012

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUATEMALA VOLCANO
INSTITUTE BULLETIN.      

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUD TO 2 KM OVER SUMMIT. 

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 20/0315Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL190 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH
EXTENDING BETWEEN N1428W0953 N1421W09104. ASH IS MOVING
SW 10 KNOTS.
           
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: A REPORT FROM THE GUATEMALA VOLCANO INSTITUTE
INDICATED THAT ONGOING ACTIVITY AT FUEGO HAS PRODUCED
AN ASH CLOUD TO 2 KM ABOVE THE SUMMIT OR ABOUT FL190
MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.  MULTI-SPECTRAL
IMAGERY SHOWS THE ASH IN A 10 NM WIDE LINE EXTENDING
ABOUT 18 NM AWAY FROM THE SUMMIT. THE REPORT ALSO
INDICATED THAT ASH WAS FALLING IN THE AREAS OF LA
ROCHELA, PANIMACHE, AND PALO VERDE.      

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN20/1030Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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