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Merapi Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: continuous ash emissions to 14000 ft (4300 m)

Mon, 13 Mar 2023, 00:30 00:30 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Merapi volcano on 13 Mar 2023
Satellite image of Merapi volcano on 13 Mar 2023
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 00:01 UTC, 13/03/23 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20230313/0010Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: MERAPI 263250
PSN: S0732 E11027
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 2910M
ADVISORY NR: 2023/16
INFO SOURCE: WEBCAM, HIMAWARI-9
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSION TO FL140 MOV NW OBS AT
12/2330Z
OBS VA DTG: 12/2330Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL140 S0732 E11030 - S0735 E11026 - S0719
E10956 - S0707 E11007 MOV NW 05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 13/0530Z SFC/FL140 S0738 E11031 - S0720
E10956 - S0706 E11008 - S0713 E11036
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 13/1130Z SFC/FL140 S0738 E11031 - S0720
E10956 - S0706 E11008 - S0718 E11043
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 13/1730Z SFC/FL140 S0740 E11033 - S0719
E10956 - S0706 E11008 - S0721 E11042
RMK: VA DISCERNIBLE ON VIS SAT IMG EXTD NW FM SUMMIT. WEBCAM
SHOWS CONTINUOUS EMISSION. HEIGHT AND FCST BASED ON
HIMAWARI-9 SAT IMG, WEBCAM AND MODEL GUIDANCE. WINDS WEAK
AND VRB.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20230313/0610Z=

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Merapi volcano
Stratovolcano 2968 m / 9,737 ft
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.54°S / 110.44°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Merapi volcano eruptions:
1548, 1554, 1560, 1584, 1586(?), 1587, 1658, 1663, 1672, 1678, 1745, 1752, 1755, 1768, 1791, 1797, 1807, 1810, 1812-22, 1822-23, 1828, 1832-36, 1837-38, 1840, 1846, 1848(?), 1849, 1854(?), 1861, 1862-64, 1865-71, 1872 (large vulcanian-subplinian eruption VEI:4) , 1872-73, 1878-79, 1883-84, 1885-87, 1888, 1889, 1891-92, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1902-04, 1905, 1906-07, 1908, 1909-13, 1915, 1918, 1920-21, 1922, 1923(?), 1924, 1930-31, 1932, 1933-35, 1939-40, 1942-45, 1948, 1953-58, 1961, 1967-1970, 1971(?), 1972-85, 1986-90, 1992-2002, April-July 2006, Oct 2010-2011 Feb, 2018 (May), late 2018 - ongoing
Typical eruption style
Highly explosive. Large Plinian eruption every few 1000 of years (the last ones at about 1000 BP and 2000 BP), sometimes with associated flank collapse. Growth of lava domes, pyroclastic flows.

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