FVXX22 KWBC 241537
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003NOV24/1530Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/20

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES 12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. 
      
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUAL EXHALATIONS STARTING ABOUT
24/1245Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/1515

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL120 7 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN N1445W09133
N1430W09144 N1411W09148. ASH IS MOVING SW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: SEVERAL SMALL PUFFS OF STEAM AND ASH HAVE BEEN SEEN
ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND HAVE MOVED S TO SW AT ABOUT 15
KNOTS. BASED ON AVAILABLE WIND INFORMATION AND SIMILAR
PREVIOUS EXHALATIONS...APPROXIMATED HEIGHT OF PLUME TO BE
ABOUT FL120. THE PLUME HAS ALSO BEEN VISIBLE IN SOME MULTI-
SPECTRAL TECHNIQUES.
      
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV24/2130Z  
            
NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"