FVXX20 KWBC 121229
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY                        
ISSUED: 2003NOV12/0630Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
                                                       
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/485

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH AND STEAM EXHALATIONS
                                                  
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 12/1215Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.
WINDS FL100/250 MOVING W 5-10 KNOTS.  
                                             
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS
                                   
REMARKS: ASH CANNOT BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
12/1215Z ALTHOUGH THERE ARE EXTENSIVE CLOUDS IN THE AREA.
THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE LAST OBSERVED VOLCANIC ASH AT
11/2216Z WITH HEIGHT UNKNOWN. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV12/1830Z.            

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