FVXX20 KWBC 181253
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUN18/1300Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/099
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.  

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS STARTING AT 06/2000Z. NEW
ERUPTION AT 18/1015Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/0745Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL270 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
S0128W07826 S0119W07905. ASH IS MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.  

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
 
REMARKS: AT ABOUT 1015Z A HOTSPOT BECAME VISIBLE ON GOES-12
CHANNEL 2 DATA.  THIS HOTSPOT HAS BEEN QUITE BRIGHT FOR THE PAST
2 HOURS. AT DAYBREAK OVER ECUADOR VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED A VERY
NICE PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT OF TUNGURAHUA TO THE WNW
ABOUT 40 NM.  THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE INDICATED THAT THE
ERUPTION CLOUD WAS ABOUT 3 KM ABOUT THE SUMMIT OR ABOUT
FL270...GALLINA 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUN18/1900Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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