FVXX20 KNES 151938
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006FEB15/1938Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SANTA MARIA 1402-03
LOCATION: N1445 W09133   AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12375 FT (3772 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/018

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS MODEL WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 15/1915Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL70 5NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1444 W09133 - N1411 W09147. ASH IS MOVING SW 10
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 16/0130Z SFC/FL170 5NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1445 W09133 - N1413 W09152. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 16/0730Z NOT AVBL.

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 16/1330Z NOT AVBL.

REMARKS: VISIBLE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOWS MINOR
PUFF EMISSIONS FROM THE SUMMIT.  PUFFS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT APPROXIMATELY 1345Z, 1445Z, 1645Z AND
JUST AFTER 1745Z.  THE REMNANTS OF THE ASH APPEARS
TO BE ABOUT 5 NM WIDE AND EXTEND ABOUT 41 NM TO
THE SOUTHWEST OR TO THE COAST.  CLOUDS ARE
BEGINNING TO BUILD AROUND THE SUMMIT AND MAY BEGIN
TO OBSCURE THE ASH EMISSIONS.  A WEAK HOTSPOT CAN
OCCASIONALLY BE SEEN ON MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006FEB16/0145Z

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