FVXX20 KWBC 182222       
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY                        
ISSUED: 2003NOV18/2230Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA  1502-08
LOCATION: S0128W07826    AREA: ECUADOR
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M)
                                                       
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/506

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH OBSERVED AT 18/1524Z
                                                  
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/2215Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS FL100/270 MOVING W 5 KNOTS.                           
                    
FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS
                                   
REMARKS: THE GUAYAQUIL MWO REPORTS THAT THE GEOPHYSICAL
INSTITUTE OBSERVED ASH OVER THE VOLCANO AT 18/1524Z TO
FL270.  ASH HAS NOT BEEN SEEN THRU 18/2215Z IMAGERY BUT
RECENT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE REGION HAVE MADE DETECTION NEAR
IMPOSSIBLE.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003NOV19/0430Z 
             
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