FVXX20 KWBC 301455
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003AUG30/1500Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/187

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ERUPTION SINCE 20/1745Z.
                                            
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/1415Z        

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL300 S0126W07828 S0055W07932 S0123W07956
S0142W07859 S0141W07842 S0126W07828 MOVING W 10 KNOTS.
                           
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS:    SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1415Z SHOWS A WELL
DEFINED PLUME OF ASH FANNING OUT TO THE WEST OF THE VOLCANO.
THE ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL300 BASED ON AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG30/2100Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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