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Pacaya Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS to 11000 ft (3400 m)

Fri, 5 Mar 2021, 18:00 | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 11000 ft (3400 m) altitude or flight level 110 and is moving at 10 kts in SW direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVXX22 at 17:57 UTC, 05/03/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210305/1755Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: PACAYA 342110
PSN: N1422 W09035

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 8373 FT [2552 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/054

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONS VA EMS

OBS VA DTG: 05/1720Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL110 N1422 W09036 - N1416 W09048
- N1420 W09050 - N1422 W09036 MOV SW 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 05/2330Z SFC/FL110 N1426 W09059
- N1422 W09035 - N1410 W09100 - N1426 W09059

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 06/0530Z SFC/FL110 N1423
W09100 - N1422 W09035 - N1410 W09100 - N1423
W09100

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 06/1130Z NO VA EXP

RMK: CONS VA EMS OBS VIA SATELLITE DATA. EMS MVG
SW TO 15 NM FM SUMMIT. WIND AND FL DETERMINED VIA
NWP MDLS. ...MLEVINE

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210306/0000Z

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Pacaya volcano satellite image by (c) Google Earth View
Pacaya volcano satellite image by (c) Google Earth View
Pacaya volcano
Complex volcano 2552 m (8,373 ft)
Guatemala, 14.38°N / -90.6°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Pacaya volcano eruptions:
1360, 1565, 1623(?), 1651, 1655, 1664, 1668, 1671, 1674, 1677(?), 1678, 1690, 1693, 1699, 1717(?), 1760(?), 1775, 1805, 1830(?), 1846, 1885, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 - May 1998 (intense period of summit activity), 1999-2003, 2004-2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Typical eruption style
Mildly explosive and effusive (Strombolian activity, lava fountaining, lava flows from the summit crater). Near continuously active the least during the past centuries.
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