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Bagana Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION TO FL080 EXTD NW OBS VA DTG: 09/2210Z to 8000 ft (2400 m)

Tue, 9 Mar 2021, 22:15 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on  9 Mar 2021
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 9 Mar 2021
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 8000 ft (2400 m) altitude or flight level 080 and is moving at 05 kts in NW direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVAU03 at 22:09 UTC, 09/03/21 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210309/2210Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: BAGANA 255020
PSN: S0608 E15512
AREA: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SUMMIT ELEV: 1855M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/1
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION TO FL080 EXTD NW
OBS VA DTG: 09/2210Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL080 S0610 E15512 - S0609 E15459 - S0604
E15452 - S0554 E15501 - S0608 E15514 MOV NW 05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 10/0410Z SFC/FL080 S0607 E15514 - S0611
E15512 - S0611 E15434 - S0549 E15436 - S0554 E15501
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 10/1010Z SFC/FL080 S0607 E15514 - S0611
E15512 - S0611 E15434 - S0549 E15436 - S0554 E15501
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 10/1610Z SFC/FL080 S0607 E15514 - S0611
E15513 - S0614 E15432 - S0549 E15436
RMK: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION TO FL080 EXTD NW OBS ON LATEST
SAT IMAGERY. HEIGHT AND MOVEMENT BASED ON HIMAWARI-8 IMG AND
MODEL GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20210310/0410Z=

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Fri, 1 May 2020, 11:32

Bagana volcano (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea): new eruption

Emissions from Bagana volcano from satellite (image: Sentinel 2)
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin recorded new emissions of ash during the past two months, when the volcano erupted on 29 February 2020. Ash plumes reached 10,000 ft (3,000 m) altitude. Volcanic ash is dispersed towards the northwest. ... Read all
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Bagana volcano
lava cone (stratovolcano) 1750 m / 5,741 ft
Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, -6.14°S / 155.2°E
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5) Bagana volcano eruptions:
2012, 1972-2011, 1970-71, 1968, 1966-67, 1964-65, 1962-63, 1961, 1959(?)-60, 1953, 1952, 1948-51, 1945-47, 1943, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1909(?), 1908, 1899, 1897, 1894-95, 1883, 1865-83, 1842
Typical eruption style
explosive
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