FVXX20 KWBC 020316
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003SEP02/0330Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/198

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ERUPTION SINCE 20/1745Z.
                                            
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/0245Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL240 15 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN S0128W07826
S0208W07803 S0240W07738. ASH IS MOVING SE 5-10 KNOTS.
                           
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: LATEST MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH
EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL240
BASED ON AN EARLIER PILOT REPORT AT 01/2135Z. THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE ASH IS APPROXIMATELY 85 NM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF
THE SUMMIT.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003SEP02/0930Z.

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