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Bagana volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA OBS TO FL100 EXT 75NM TO NE AT 23/2030Z.

Mon, 23 Jan 2017, 21:00 |
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 23 Jan 2017
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 23 Jan 2017
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVAU0190 at 20:57 UTC, 23/01/17 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20170123/2100Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: BAGANA 255020
PSN: S0608 E15512
AREA: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SUMMIT ELEV: 1855M
ADVISORY NR: 2017/10
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA OBS TO FL100 EXT 75NM TO NE AT
23/2030Z.
OBS VA DTG: 23/2100Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL100 S0612 E15514 - S0550 E15545 - S0541
E15614 - S0504 E15600 - S0447 E15519 - S0510 E15515 - S0544
E15525 - S0608 E15508 MOV NE 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 24/0300Z SFC/FL100 S0612 E15514 - S0537
E15628 - S0447 E15610 - S0431 E15516 - S0508 E15512 - S0541
E15518 - S0608 E15508
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 24/0900Z SFC/FL100 S0607 E15507 - S0612
E15513 - S0551 E15621 - S0503 E15609 - S0441 E15519
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 24/1500Z SFC/FL100 S0607 E15507 - S0613
E15514 - S0602 E15628 - S0503 E15609 - S0441 E15519
RMK: VA CLEARLY OBS TO FL100 MOV TO NE ON LATEST SAT
IMAGERY. HEIGHT AND FORECAST DERIVED FROM HIMAWARI-8
23/2030Z VIS IMAGE AND US GFS AND EC MODEL GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20170124/0300Z

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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