FVXX22 KWBC 180000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB18/0000Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/002

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: EXPLOSIONS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/2315Z. 

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE.
WINDS SFC/FL100 MOVING SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: AN ASH PLUME WAS SEEN IN GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY
EARLIER TODAY.

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NEXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES. 
           
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