FVXX20 KWBC 260752
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003AUG26/0800Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
 
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/169
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMETS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH ERUPTION STARTED AT 20/1745Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0715Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/270 MOVING WEST 10-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: ASH CANNOT BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
26/0715Z.  HOWEVER A WEAK INTERMITTENT HOTSPOT CAN SOMETIMES
BE SEEN.  THE MOST RECENT KNOWN ASH OBSERVATION WAS AT
26/0144Z WHEN THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OBSERVED ASH TO
FL270 MOVING TOWARD THE WEST.
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG26/1400Z.

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