FVXX21 KWBC 281525
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003SEP28/1525Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO  1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W09053    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/44

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WIND
FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH PUFFS AT 28/1100Z AND 28/1415Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 28/1445Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL200 4 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1428W09053 N1425W09057. ASH IS MOVING S 5-10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS:  EARLY MORNING VISIBLE AND MULTI-SPECTRAL IR
TECHNIQUES INDICATED AN ASH ERUPTION FROM FUEGO AT ABOUT
11Z THIS MORNING...THIS PUFF WAS ABOUT 5 KM BY 5 KM AND
MOVED SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST AND WAS NO LONGER
DISCERNABLE ON IMAGERY BY 1400Z...HOWEVER A SECOND ASH
EMISSION OCCURRED BETWEEN THE 1415Z AND 1432Z IMAGERY AND
WAS SEMI-OBSCURED BY WEATHER CLOUDS...BASED ON MOVEMENT
OF THE PUFFS... APPROXIMATE HEIGHT IS PLACED AT FL200
BASED ON AVAILABLE WIND INFORMATION.  ALSO...PLEASE SEE
FVXX22 FOR ERUPTION DETAILS OF THE SANTIAGUITO LAVA DOME
AT SANTA MARIA VOLCANO. PACAYA VOLCANO ALSO HAS A PLUME
EXTENDING S 16 KM...BUT THIS PLUME APPEARS TO BE
STEAM/GAS...GALLINA    

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003SEP28/2115Z 
             
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"