FVXX20 KWBC 241328
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003NOV24/1330Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA 1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826 AREA: ECUADOR
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/529
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE.
GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET.
ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ASH EMISSIONS
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/1245Z
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL260 7 NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN S0128W07826
S0052W07848. ASH IS MOVING NW AT 5 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS
REMARKS: EARLY MORNING VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED A NARROW PLUME
OF LIGHT ASH AND STEAM EXTENDING OVER 40 NMI TO THE NW OF
THE VOLCANO. A GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORT IN THE GUAYAQUIL
MWO SIGMET THAT ASH COULD BE OBSERVED TO FL260. ON THE
1245Z IMAGE...THERE APPEARS TO BE A MORE DENSE PLUME NEAR
THE SUMMIT AT THIS TIME INDICATING A NEWER STRONGER
EXHALATION MAY HAVE OCCURRED.
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV24/1930Z
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only"
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