FVXX20 KWBC 050429
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY                        
ISSUED: 2003NOV05/0430Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
                                                       
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/455

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH AND STEAM EXHALATIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 05/0345Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/250 MOVING SE 5-10 KNOTS.
                                             
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD

REMARKS: THE ASH THAT WAS SEEN EARLIER IN VISIBLE SATELLITE
IMAGERY CANNOT CURRENTLY BE SEEN IN INFRARED OR
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  NIGHTFALL AND THE PRESENCE OF LOW
LEVEL WEATHER CLOUDS ARE CURRENTLY HINDERING ASH DETECTION.
A BRIGHT HOTSPOT COULD BE SEEN AT 0215Z BUT NOT IN MORE
RECENT IMAGERY. 
               
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV05/1030Z.            

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