FVXX20 KWBC 181844
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUN18/1900Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/100
 
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: 18/1815Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL270 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
S0126W07832 S0121W07848. ASH IS MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.  

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
 
REMARKS: ASH HAS BECOME HARDER TO DETECT IN IMAGERY BUT A VERY
FAINT PLUME CAN BE SEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WNW. THE PLUME AT THIS
TIME APPEARS TO BE DETACHED FROM THE VOLCANO...HOWEVER THERE IS A
HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT ASH EXTENDS BACK TO THE SUMMIT...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUN19/0100Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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