FVXX20 KWBC 010346
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003SEP01/0345Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/193

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ERUPTION SINCE 20/1745Z.
                                            
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 01/0315Z        

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.
WINDS FL100/260 MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10-15 KNOTS.
                           
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: THE ASH PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN IMAGERY HAS BECOME TO
FAINT TO TRACK OR HAS MIXED WITH WEATHER CLOUDS. NO HOTSPOT
IS DETECTED AT THE VOLCANO BUT THERE MAY BE SOME NEAR SUMMIT
CLOUDS OBSCURING IT. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003SEP01/0930Z.

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