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Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: DISCRETE VA EMISSIONS TO FL140 EXTN NW OBS VA DTG: 11/2337Z to 14000 ft (4300 m)

Tue, 11 May 2021, 23:45 | BY: VN
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 11 May 2021
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 11 May 2021
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 and is moving at 10 kts in NW direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVAU03 at 23:37 UTC, 11/05/21 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210511/2337Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300
PSN: S0806 E11255
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3676M
ADVISORY NR: 2021/48
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: DISCRETE VA EMISSIONS TO FL140 EXTN NW
OBS VA DTG: 11/2337Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL140 S0807 E11256 - S0804 E11243 - S0757
E11247 - S0806 E11256 MOV NW 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 12/0537Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 12/1137Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 12/1737Z NO VA EXP
RMK: DISCRETE VA EMISSIONS IDENTIFIABLE ON LATEST VIS
IMAGERY , LAST OBS AT 11/2330Z. VA EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
WITHIN 6HRS. HEIGHT AND MOV BASED ON SATELLITE AND MODEL
GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20210512/0537Z=

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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
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Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.
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