FVXX22 KWBC 281642 CCA
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY - CORRECTION
ISSUED: 2003APR28/1630Z   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: CORRECTION FOR DATE IN ISSUED LINE...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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