FVXX20 KWBC 051738
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY                        
ISSUED: 2003NOV05/1800Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
                                                       
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/458

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH AND STEAM EXHALATIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 05/1715Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL220 15 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN S0128W07826
S0139W07914. ASH IS MOVING SW 5-15 KNOTS.
                                             
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD

REMARKS: VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH EXTENDING TO
THE SOUTHWEST FROM THE SUMMIT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ASH
IS APPROXIMATELY 50NM FROM THE SUMMIT. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED
AT FL220 BASED ON OBSERVATION FROM THE GEOPHYSICAL
INSTITUTE. 
               
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV06/0000Z.            

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