FVXX20 KWBC 261956
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003AUG26/2000Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
 
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/171
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH ERUPTION STARTED AT 20/1745Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/1915Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD:  ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/FL270 MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS.

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

REMARKS:  ASH CAN NOT BE SEEN IN THE CURRENT SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 26/1915Z..HOWEVER A SURFACE REPORT FROM
STATION SERB INDICATES ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL240.  IN
ADDITION THE ASH VISIBLE EARLIER THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER
SEEN IN THE IMAGERY....WALTER

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG27/0200Z.

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