FVXX20 KWBC 090056       
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003OCT09/0100Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/341

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: STRONG EMISSION BEGINNING AT 07/1015Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL270 8 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN S0128W07826 
S0154W07843.  ASH IS MOVING SW 5-10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS.

REMARKS: A NARROW PLUME OF ASH IS OBSERVED MOVING TO THE SW
OF THE SUMMIT.  THIS PLUME EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 30 NM FROM
THE SUMMIT. CLOUDS SURROUND THE SUMMIT AND MAY BE OBSCURING
ASH.  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003OCT09/0700Z.  
 
NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"