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White Island volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: UNKNOWN OBS VA DTG: 13/0057Z

Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 01:30 |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Wellington (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVPS01 at 01:28 UTC, 13/09/16 from NZKL
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20160913/0128Z
VAAC: WELLINGTON
VOLCANO: WHITE ISLAND 241040
PSN: S3731 E17711
AREA: NEW ZEALAND
SUMMIT ELEV: 321M
ADVISORY NR: 2016/1
INFO SOURCE: GNS, WEBCAM, HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: UNKNOWN
OBS VA DTG: 13/0057Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL020 S3730 E17715 - S3730 E17900 - S3715
E17900 - S3730 E17715 MOV E 15KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 13/0657Z SFC/FL020 S3730 E17915 - S3715
E17915 - S3730 E17715
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 13/1257Z SFC/FL020 S3715 E17915 - S3700
E17915 - S3730 E17715
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 13/1857Z NO VA EXP
RMK: REPORT FROM GNS SCIENCE OF MINOR ERUPTION OF VA TO
2000FT, CONFIRMED ON WEBCAM AND ASH CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE ON
HIMAWARI SATELLITE IMAGERY.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20160913/0728Z


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White Island volcano
stratovolcano 321 m / 1,053 ft
New Zealand, -37.52°S / 177.18°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5) White Island volcano eruptions:
2019, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2001, 1998-2000, 1998, 1995, 1986-94, 1983-84, 1976-82, 1974, 1971, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968-69, 1966-67, 1962, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1955, 1947, 1933, 1930, 1928, 1926, 1924, 1922, 1909, 1908 (?), 1886?,1886, 1885 (?), 1885, 1856 (?), 1836, 1826
Typical eruption style
Explosive (in historic time: frequent small phreatic and phreatomagmatic eruptions)