FVXX20 KWBC 290717
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JUN29/0730Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/130
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY.  AVN MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
GUAYAQUIL MWO. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH OBSERVED AT 27/2012Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 29/0645Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.  WINDS
SFC/FL250 MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.  
 
REMARKS: ASH CANNOT BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 29/0645Z
DUE TO CLOUDINESS NEAR THE VOLCANO AND HAVING NO
VISIBLE IMAGERY.  THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE INDICATES THAT THEIR
WAS TWO EXPLOSIONS EARLIER IN THE NIGHT AT 0440Z AND 0455Z. 
THE AMOUNT OF ASH WITH THESE TWO EXPLOSIONS COULD NOT BE
DETERMINED DUE TO NIGHTFALL AND CLOUDINESS NEAR THE SUMMIT. WE
WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE VOLCANO AND ADVISE SOONER THEN
1330Z IF NEEDED.....KIBLER

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUN29/1330Z.

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