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Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: DISCRETE VA ERUPTION TO FL140 MOV SW REPORTED AT 07/2239Z to 14000 ft (4300 m)

Mon, 7 Sep 2020, 23:15 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on  7 Sep 2020
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 7 Sep 2020
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000 ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140 .
The full report is as follows:

FVAU02 at 23:04 UTC, 07/09/20 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20200907/2304Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300
PSN: S0806 E11255
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3676M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/186
INFO SOURCE: CVGHM, HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: DISCRETE VA ERUPTION TO FL140 MOV SW
REPORTED AT 07/2239Z
OBS VA DTG: 07/2304Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL140 S0807 E11257 - S0816 E11248 - S0807
E11243 - S0804 E11255 MOV SW 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 08/0504Z SFC/FL140 S0807 E11257 - S0829
E11237 - S0810 E11228 - S0804 E11255
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 08/1104Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 08/1704Z NO VA EXP
RMK: CVGHM REPORTS ERUPTION RECORDED ON SEISMOGRAM, VA OBS
AT 07/2240Z ON VIS SATELLITE IMG MOV SW. HEIGHT AND FORECAST
BASED ON HIMAWARI-8 IMAGERY, MODEL GUIDANCE AND GROUND
REPORT. VA EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WITHIN 12 HOURS.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20200908/0500Z

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Semeru volcano
Stratovolcano 3676 m (12,060 ft)
East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.
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