FVXX20 KWBC 052020
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 2020 UTC 05 OCTOBER 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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GUAGUA PICHINCHA 99-026 ECUADOR 0.17S 78.60W 
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BACKGROUND:    GUAGUA PICHINCHA (1502-02)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT    15,695FT (4784 M)  
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  USGS SURVEY TEAM AT THE GUAGUA
VOLCANO...GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
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ERUPTION DETAILS:ERUPTION OCCURRED AROUND 05/1915 UTC TO FL500.

DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE USGS HAS REPORTED A MAJOR VOLCANIC
EXPLOSION AT THE GUAGUA PICHINCHA VOLCANO. THE LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1945 UTC INDICATES AN IMPRESSIVE ASH CLOUD LEAVING
THE VOLCANO AND MOVING IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. THE ASH CLOUD IS
THICK AND CAN BE SEEN IN EVERY CHANNEL OF SATELLITE IMAGERY. IT
APPEARS THAT THE ASH CLOUD IS REACHING ABOUT FL500. ASH CURRENTLY
EXTENDS 44 KM TO THE EAST OF THE SUMMIT AND 26 KM TO THE WEST. THE
ASH CLOUD IS CURRENTLY 36 KM WIDE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH UP TO FL400 SHOULD MOVE TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 30
KNOTS WHILE ASH ABOVE FL400 SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST OR EAST AT 15
KNOTS.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH
ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH
LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS  
www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/0230 UTC OR SOONER SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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