FVXX22 KWBC 281621
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003APR17/1630Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: FUEGO  1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W09053    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/015
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: INSIVUMEH OBSERVATORIES. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. GOES-12 IMAGERY.

ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH ERUPTIONS SINCE 1200Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 28/1515Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL220 9 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1428W09053 N1359W09103. ASH IS MOVING SW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: EARLY MORNING CHANNEL 2 IR DATA FROM GOES-12 IMAGERY
INDICATED A VERY BRIGHT HOT SPOT AT THE VOLCANO. INSIVUMEH
REPORTED THAT ASH EXPLOSIONS HAVE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE
1200Z WITH THE HIGHEST EXPLOSION REACHING 3 KM ABOVE THE SUMMIT. 
THIS PUTS THE ASH AT 22000 FT WHERE WINDS ARE MOVING SW AT 15
KNOTS.  HIGH CIRRUS ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS WILDFIRES IN THE AREA
HAVE MADE THE DETECTION OF ASH IN VISIBLE IMAGERY VERY DIFFICULT
AT TIMES...HOWEVER SOME OF THE ASH PUFFS WERE VISIBLE AS THEY
MOVED TO THE COAST EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING ALONG THE WAY.  FURTHER
PUFFS OF ASH CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN A SIMILAR PATH AS THESE PUFFS
HAVE TAKEN.  ALSO OF NOTE...A CONSISTENT STEAM PLUME CAN BE SEEN
COMING FROM PACAYA VOLCANO TO THE WEST OF FUEGO...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR28/2230Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"