FVXX20 KNES 150151
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20060715/0151Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA 1502-08
LOCATION: S0128 W07826   AREA: ECUADOR

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/438

INFORMATION SOURCE: GUAYAQUIL MWO. GOES-12. GFS
WINDS. GEOPHYSICAL INST. VAFTAD. AFWA. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ERUPTION AT 15/0115Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 15/0115Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL550 S0118 W07817 - S0146
W07817 - S0150 W07839 - S0208 W07857 - S0150
W07915 - S0123 W07904 - S0118 W07817 MOVING SW
10-20 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 15/0730Z SFC/FL550 S0115
W07817 - S0147 W07814 - S0248 W07931 - S0241
W08058 - S0131 W08042 - S0115 W07817 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 15/1330Z SFC/FL550 50NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN S0237 W08102 - S0353 W08423. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 15/1930Z SFC/FL550 50NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN S0352 W08503 - S0519 W08857. 

REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF
THE ASH MOVING TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.  THIS
IS A STRONG ERUPTION OF THE VOLCANO WITH ASH
ESTIMATED TO FL550.  THE ASH PLUME HAS EXPANDED
IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE 0045Z IMAGE TO THE
0115Z IMAGE AND CAN NOW BE SEEN FROM ABOUT 13 NMI
EAST OF THE VOLCANO TO ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST. 

CORRECTION TO THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY NUMBER ... IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 436. ...MERCKLE

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20060715/0745Z

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