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Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS SEEN IN WEB CAM. to 16000 ft (4900 m)

Wed, 22 Sep 2021, 08:30 | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX20 at 08:15 UTC, 22/09/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210922/0812Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/855

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. WEBCAM. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMS SEEN IN WEB CAM.

OBS VA DTG: 22/0750Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL160 N1429 W09053 - N1425 W09052
- N1416 W09137 - N1425 W09139 - N1429 W09053 MOV
W 15KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 22/1400Z SFC/FL160 N1430 W09053
- N1426 W09053 - N1420 W09144 - N1428 W09145 -
N1430 W09053

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 22/2000Z SFC/FL160 N1431
W09053 - N1427 W09053 - N1420 W09144 - N1428
W09144 - N1431 W09053

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 23/0200Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA IS NOT SEEN IN SAT DUE TO MET CLDS. WELL
DEFINED HOTSPOT SEEN IN S/W IR. VA SEEN IN WEB
CAM. A CONT W MOV THRU T+12 HRS BASED ON NWP
GUIDANCE. ...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210922/1415Z

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Wed, 22 Sep 2021, 06:00

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 22 September-28 September 2021 (Continuing Activity)

INSIVUMEH reported that during the night of 21-22 September a possible lava flow had traveled 400 m down Fuego's Ceniza drainage on the SSW flank. Ash rose along the flow forming a curtain that extended above the summit; ash fell in communities to the W and SW. Explosions at a rate of 6-11 per hour produced ash plumes that rose as high as 800 m above the summit and drifted W and SW. ... Read all
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Fuego volcano
Stratovolcano 3,763 m / 12,346 ft
Guatemala, 14.47°N / -90.88°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Fuego volcano eruptions:
1581, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1614, 1617, 1620, 1623, 1629, 1679(?), 1685, 1686, 1689(?), 1699, 1702, 1705, 1706, 1709(?), 1710,1717,1730, 1732, 1737, 1751(?), 1765(?), 1773(?), 1799, 1826, 1829, 1850(?), 1852(?), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861(?), 1867(?), 1880, 1896, 1932, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1999, 2002 - ongoing
Typical eruption style
Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes and extrusion of viscous lava flows. In near constant activity, at least during the past centuries.
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Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View
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