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Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS EXPCD to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Sun, 10 Oct 2021, 02:30 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 10 Oct 2021
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 10 Oct 2021
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX20 at 02:22 UTC, 10/10/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20211010/0220Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090
PSN: N1428 W09052

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 12346 FT [3763 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/926

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMS EXPCD

OBS VA DTG: 10/0150Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1430 W09105 - N1428 W09053
- N1427 W09053 - N1425 W09105 - N1430 W09105 MOV
W 15KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 10/0800Z SFC/FL150 N1431 W09105
- N1428 W09053 - N1427 W09053 - N1425 W09105 -
N1431 W09105

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 10/1400Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 10/2000Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA EM NOT SEEN ON STLT IMAGERY DUE TO MET
CLDS. HOWEVER, VA MAYBE EXPCD IN THE AREA. VA FL
ADN FRCST BASED ON PREVIOUS VAA AND LATEST NWP
MODELS. ...KIM

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20211010/0815Z

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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
Satellite image of Fuego volcano by (c) Google Earth View