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Bagana volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: MINOR SMOKE/ASH EMISSSIONS TO FL070 MOV W AT 07/2200Z

Mon, 7 May 2018, 22:45 |
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on  7 May 2018
Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 7 May 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVAU0295 at 22:32 UTC, 07/05/18 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20180507/2230Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: BAGANA 255020
PSN: S0608 E15512
AREA: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SUMMIT ELEV: 1855M
ADVISORY NR: 2018/17
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: MINOR SMOKE/ASH EMISSSIONS TO FL070 MOV W
AT 07/2200Z
OBS VA DTG: 07/2230Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL070 S0609 E15513 - S0618 E15457 - S0613
E15454 - S0605 E15453 - S0603 E15506 - S0605 E15511 - S0607
E15513 MOV W 5KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 08/0430Z SFC/FL070 S0610 E15513 - S0616
E15459 - S0613 E15447 - S0555 E15457 - S0607 E15514
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 08/1030Z SFC/FL070 S0610 E15512 - S0616
E15459 - S0612 E15447 - S0555 E15457 - S0607 E15514
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 08/1630Z SFC/FL070 S0610 E15512 - S0613
E15459 - S0605 E15448 - S0555 E15502 - S0607 E15514
RMK: MINOR SMOKE/ASH EMISSON OBSERVED ON SAT IMAGERY AT
07/2200Z. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS, LOW CONFIDENCE IN
FORECAST. HEIGHT AND MOVEMENT BASED ON HIMAWARI-8 AND MODEL
GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20180508/0430Z

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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