FVXX21 KWBC 091711
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUL09/1715Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: FUEGO  1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W09053    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/037

INFORMATION SOURCE: INSIVUMEH DIARY. GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS
MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 09/1130Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/1645Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL190 2 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1428W0953 N1428W0958.  ASH IS MOVING W 15-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THE DAILY BULLETIN FROM INSIVUMEH REPORTED A DOME
COLLAPSE AND PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 1130Z.  SINCE THEN THEY HAVE
REPORTED STRONG EXPLOSIONS WITH ASH TO 2 KM ABOVE THE SUMMIT
WITH THE PLUME EXTENDING 5 TO 7 KM TO THE WEST. REPORTED ASH
FALL HAS BEEN TO THE WEST AND SW OF THE SUMMIT.
HOWEVER...CIRRUS BLOWOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS BLOCKED
DETECTION OF ASH UNTIL THE 1645Z GOES-12 IMAGERY VISIBLE
IMAGE.  THE IMAGE SHOWED A 2 NM WIDE PLUME EXTENDING ABOUT 6
NM TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT AT THIS TIME. EXPECT SIMILAR
EXHALATIONS OF ASH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR...GALLINA  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUL09/2330Z .

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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