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Pacaya Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA NOT OBSERVED

Thu, 8 Apr 2021, 05:45 | BY: VN
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX22 at 05:40 UTC, 08/04/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210408/0537Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: PACAYA 342110
PSN: N1422 W09035

AREA: GUATEMALA

SUMMIT ELEV: 8373 FT [2552 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/189

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16.

ERUPTION DETAILS: VA NOT OBSERVED

OBS VA DTG: 08/0510Z

OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM STLT DATA.

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 08/1100Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 08/1700Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 08/2300Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA NOT OBSD BY STLT WITH BKN WX CLD CVR OVR
SUMMIT. WEBCAM OBSCD BY WX CLDS. THERMAL ANOMALY
NO LONGER DISCERNIBLE. ...HOSLEY

NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

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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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