FVXX20 KWBC 300456     
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003AUG30/0455Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/185

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST.   

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ERUPTION SINCE 20/1745Z.
                                            
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/0345Z        

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.
WINDS FL100/200 MOV W 10-15 KNOTS FL210/260 MOV NW 10 KNOTS. 
                                                    
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS:    THE PLUME HAS BECOME TO FAINT TO DETECT IN IMAGERY
AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME CLOUDS IN THE AREA OF THE VOLCANO
MAKING DETECTION DIFFICULT. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG30/1100Z.

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