FVXX20 KWBC 040346            
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003OCT04/0400Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/319

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST. GUAYAQUIL MWO SIGMET.

ERUPTION DETAILS: SERIES OF EMISSIONS STARTING AT 21/2345Z
                                            
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/0315Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/200 MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: AT 03/2221Z THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OBSERVED ASH
FL165/200.  BEFORE NIGHTFALL VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF ASH AND A LARGER AREA OF POSSIBLE
THIN ASH EXTENDING FROM THE VOLCANO TOWARD THE WEST. 
CURRENTLY NO HOTSPOT AND NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN 
INFRARED OR MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
04/0315Z.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003OCT04/1000Z.  
 
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