FVXX20 KWBC 230143 
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003AUG23/0200Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
 
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/156
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH ERUPTION STARTED AT 20/1745Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/0115Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL240 15 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
S0128W07826 S0215W07809  MOVING SW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
                                   
REMARKS: MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AT 0115Z SHOWED A PLUME
OF ASH EXTENDING VERY APPROXIMATELY 60 NM TO THE
SOUTHWEST. THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE GEOPHYSICAL
INSTITUTE AT GUAYAQUIL REPORTED ASH AT 1940Z TO FL230
MOVING WEST.  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG23/0800Z.
               
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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