FVXX21 KWBC 201020
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN20/1030Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: FUEGO  1402-09
LOCATION: N1428W09053    AREA: GUATEMALA
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12345 FT (3763 M)
                         
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/013

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUATEMALA VOLCANO
INSTITUTE BULLETIN. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.      

ERUPTION DETAILS: EXHALATION OF ASH AND STEAM.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 20/0615Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY. WINDS SFC/FL070 MOVING SW 5-10 KNOTS.
FL070/FL190 W 5-10 KNOTS.
           
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: SINCE THE LAST ADVISORY THE ASH PLUME HAS
BECOME DIFFUSE AND DIFFICULT TO SEE ON MULTI-SPECTRAL
IMAGERY. HOWEVER AROUND 530Z ANOTHER PUFF OF ASH WAS
SEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND AN INTERMITTENT
HOTSPOT HAS BEEN VISIBLE FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS...SO
ASH CAN STILL BE PRESENT IN THE AREA AND SMALL
EXHALATIONS CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME...GALLINA        

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN20/1630Z.

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