FVXX22 KWBC 281545
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003SEP28/1545Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/10

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES 12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST.
      
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION FROM SANTIAGUITO DOME AT 28/1402Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 28/1445Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL140 4 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN N1446W09135
N1440W09134 N1436W09131. ASH IS MOVING S 5-10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: WHILE OBSERVING THE ERUPTION AT FUEGO VOLCANO...
SEE FVXX21 FOR FURTHER DETAILS...VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED AN
EXHALATION OF ASH FROM SANTIAGUITO LAVA DOME ON THE FLANK OF
SANTA MARIA VOLCANO. THE ASH WAS APPROXIMATED TO FL140 BASED
ON AVAILABLE WIND INFORMATION AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE ASH.
AS OF THE 1532Z IMAGE...THE PLUME APPEARS TO HAVE DETACHED
FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE SLOWLY. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR...GALLINA
      
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003SEP28/2145Z  

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