FVXX21 KWBC 120030
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003MAR12/0030Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON 

VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/021

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE. GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET
                                  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING EMISSION OF GASES AND LIGHT ASH. 

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 11/2345Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL270 8 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
S0128W07826 S0143W07825.  ASH IS MOVING S 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: PILOT REPORTS...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE GEOPHYSICAL
INSTITUTE AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2345Z INDICATED AN
ERUPTION OF TUNGURAHUA BEGAN AROUND 2241Z.  PILOT REPORTS PLACE
THE ASH TO FL270 AND THE PLUME EXTENDED 13 NM TO THE SOUTH OF THE
SUMMIT BY 2345Z.  CLOUDS STILL DOMINATE THE AREA AROUND THE
SUMMIT SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ASH CLOUD IS MORE EXTENSIVE
THAN DEPICTED ABOVE.  TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR12/0630Z.

NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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