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Merapi Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL140 MOV W OBS VA DTG: 17/1500Z to 14000 ft (4300 m)

Fri, 17 Mar 2023, 15:15 15:15 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Merapi volcano on 17 Mar 2023
Satellite image of Merapi volcano on 17 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 15:12 UTC, 17/03/23 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20230317/1510Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: MERAPI 263250
PSN: S0732 E11027
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 2910M
ADVISORY NR: 2023/23
INFO SOURCE: WEBCAM
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA TO FL140 MOV W
OBS VA DTG: 17/1500Z
OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM SATELLITE DATA WIND
SFC/FL140 090/05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 17/2100Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 18/0300Z NOT AVBL
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 18/0900Z NOT AVBL
RMK: DISCRETE ERUPTION OBSERVED ON WEBCAM. VA UNIDENTIFIABLE
ON LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD. HEIGHT
ESTIMATED.
NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES=

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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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