FVXX22 KWBC 171800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB17/1800Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SANTA MARIA 1402-03
LOCATION: N1445W09133    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12375 FT (3772 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/001

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUATEMALA VOLCANO
INSTITUTE (INSIVUMEH).  GFS MODEL FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: EXPLOSIONS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/1515Z. 

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 3 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1445W09133 N1435W09138. ASH IS MOVING S 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: AN ASH PLUME IS SEEN IN GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY.
INSIVUMEH REPORTS EXPLOSIONS WITH ASH EXTENDING 300 TO 600 M
ABOVE THE SUMMIT. THE EXPLOSIONS ARE COMING FROM THE
SANTIAGUITO VOLCANO WHICH IS AT A LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE
SUMMIT OF SANTA MARIA.  ANALYST....RUMINSKI

TO OBTAIN VAA FROM THE WASHINGTON VAAC EMAIL NOTIFICATION
SEE THE WEB PAGE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/subscribe.html
(ALL LETTERS IN ADDRESS ARE IN LOWER CASE EXCEPT VAAC).  THE
WASHINGTON VAAC WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE EMAIL
NOTIFICATION UP AND RUNNING.  HOWEVER IT IS NOT CONSIDERED
AN OFFICIAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB18/0000Z.
           
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