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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA AT 20200224/0620Z FL050 EXTD W OBS VA DTG: 24/0620Z to 5000 ft (1500 m)

Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 07:00 | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 5000 ft (1500 m) altitude or flight level 050 and is moving at 10 kts in NW direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 06:55 UTC, 24/02/20 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20200224/0654Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030
PSN: N2938 E12943
AREA: JAPAN
SUMMIT ELEV: 796M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/29
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA AT 20200224/0620Z FL050 EXTD W
OBS VA DTG: 24/0620Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL050 N2937 E12941 - N2954 E12933 - N2957 E12942 -
N2946 E12951 - N2937 E12945 MOV NW 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 24/1220Z SFC/FL050 N3032 E13026 - N3011 E13027 -
N3013 E12927 - N3032 E12927
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 24/1820Z SFC/FL050 N3124 E13113 - N3102 E13116 -

N3114 E12942 - N3134 E12920 - N3143 E12952
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20200224/1200Z=

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stratovolcano 799 m/ 2,621 ft
Ryukyu Islands (Japan), 29.64°N / 129.72°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Suwanose-jima volcano eruptions:
2004 (Oct) - ongoing: intermittent strombolian-type activity
Since 1949: essentially continuous activity
2000 (Dec) - Jul 2004 (Jul): strombolian activity, 1999 (Jan-Feb, June), 1996 (Dec) - 1997 (Apr), 1949-96, 1940, 1938, 1934 (?), 1925, 1921-22, 1915 (?), 1914 (?), 1889, 1885, 1884, 1877, 1813-14 (sub-plinian Bunka eruption), around 1600 AD (large explosive eruption)
Typical eruption style
explosive, strombolian