FVXX20 KWBC 141805
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY                        
ISSUED: 2003NOV14/1800Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
                                                       
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/495

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH AND STEAM EXHALATIONS
                                                  
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 14/1715Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/230 MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS.    
                                             
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS
                                   
REMARKS: THE LATEST OBSERVATION OF ASH BY THE INSTITUTE WAS
AT 1600Z TO FL230. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ASH IN
SATELLITE IMAGERY DUE TO CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
VOLCANO. ANY ASH SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10-15
KNOTS.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV15/0000Z.            

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