FVXX20 KWBC 161202
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003OCT16/1200Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/373

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED ASH AND GAS EMISSIONS.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/1115Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: FL100/250 8 NMI WIDE LINE BETWEEN S0128W07826
S0114W07831 S0106W07838.  ASH IS MOVING N UP TO 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: ASH CAN BE SEEN IN VISIBLE AND MULTI-SPECTRAL
IMAGERY THROUGH 16/1115Z EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 27 NM FROM
THE SUMMIT.  THIS EXHALATION BEGAN AROUND 1030Z WITH VERY
THIN ASH VISIBLE IN THE 1045Z IMAGE.  HOT SPOT ACTIVITY WAS
ALSO PRESENT AT 0915Z.  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003OCT16/1800Z
 
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