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Krakatau Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSIONS TO FL060 EXTD W OBS VA DTG: 10/0540Z to 5000 ft (1500 m)

Fri, 10 Mar 2023, 06:15 06:15 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Krakatau volcano on 10 Mar 2023
Satellite image of Krakatau volcano on 10 Mar 2023
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 5000 ft (1500 m) altitude or flight level 050 and is moving at 05 kts in W direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVAU03 at 06:09 UTC, 10/03/23 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20230310/0610Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: KRAKATAU 262000
PSN: S0606 E10525
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 155M
ADVISORY NR: 2023/20
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-9
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSIONS TO FL060 EXTD W
OBS VA DTG: 10/0540Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL050 S0603 E10525 - S0607 E10529 - S0623
E10513 - S0631 E10441 - S0609 E10437 MOV W 05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 10/1140Z SFC/FL050 S0607 E10530 - S0611
E10527 - S0611 E10453 - S0555 E10437 - S0532 E10500
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 10/1740Z SFC/FL050 S0607 E10532 - S0614
E10524 - S0553 E10438 - S0527 E10507
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 10/2340Z SFC/FL050 S0606 E10531 - S0613
E10525 - S0554 E10435 - S0522 E10505
RMK: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION DISCERNIBLE ON VIS SAT IMG MOV
W. HEIGHT AND FCST BASED ON HIMAWARI-9 SAT IMG AND MODEL
GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20230310/1210Z=

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Krakatau volcano
Caldera 813 m (2,667 ft.) / Anak Krakatau: 189 m
Sunda Strait, Indonesia, -6.1°S / 105.42°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Krakatau volcano eruptions:
1530, 1680-81, 1684, 1883 (Plinian eruption), 1927-30, 1931-32, 1932-34, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938-40, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958-59, 1959-63, 1965(?), 1969(?), 1972-73, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007-8, April 2009-early 2010, Oct 2010 - March 2011, July-Oct 2011, Jan-May + Sep 2012, 2015(?), 2017, 2018 (22 Dec eruption & tsunami), 2019-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive. Construction of a cinder cone  island (Anak Krakatau) inside the caldera formed by the 1883 eruption. Frequent strombolian activity.

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