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Sabancaya Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: INTERMITTENT EMISSION to 22000 ft (6700 m)

Fri, 4 Jan 2019, 19:30 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Sabancaya volcano on  4 Jan 2019
Satellite image of Sabancaya volcano on 4 Jan 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 22000 ft (6700 m) altitude or flight level 220 .
The full report is as follows:

FVAG01 at 19:26 UTC, 04/01/19 from SABM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20190104/1930Z

VAAC: BUENOS AIRES

VOLCANO: SABANCAYA 354006
PSN: S1547 W07150

AREA: PERU

SUMMIT ELEV: 19576 FT [5967 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2019/016

INFO SOURCE: GOES-E. GFS WINDS. VOLCANO WEB
CAMERA.

AVIATION COLOR CODE: NOT GIVEN

ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT EMISSION

OBS VA DTG: 04/1845Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL220 S1509 W07202 - S1510 W07138
- S1550 W07143 - S1550 W07158 - S1509 W07202 MOV
NNE 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 05/0100Z SFC/FL220 S1459 W07207
- S1459 W07133 - S1549 W07143 - S1549 W07157 -
S1459 W07207

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 05/0700Z SFC/FL220 S1450
W07132 - S1550 W07144 - S1550 W07156 - S1451
W07210 - S1450 W07132

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 05/1300Z SFC/FL220 S1440
W07205 - S1447 W07130 - S1551 W07143 - S1549
W07156 - S1440 W07205

RMK: VA CLD IS PARTIALLY HIDDEN BY WX CLOUD COVER
AND IN SOME IMAGENES OF THE WEBCAM CAN BE
OBSERVED CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF GASES WITH
SPORADIC PUFFS OF VA. ...SMN

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20190105/0130Z=

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Sabancaya volcano
stratovolcano 5967 m / 19,577 ft
Peru, -15.78°S / -71.85°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Sabancaya volcano eruptions:
2016, 2015, 2014, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1990-95, 1988, 1986, 1784, 1750, <1595(?)
Typical eruption style
explosive and effusive