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Semeru volcano
Stratovolcano 3676 m (12,060 ft)
East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
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Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style:
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.

Semeru volcano tours:
From Krakatau to Bali (16-days study and photo tour to Java, Indonesia)
Volcanoes of Java (17-days walking and trekking tour on Java)
Volcanoes of East Java (4-5 days walking tour to Bromo, Semeru and Ijen)
Bromo, Semeru, Ijen (trekking tour to Semeru, Bromo, Ijen volcanoes (East Java))

Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION TO FL160 MOV SW. to 16000 ft (4900 m)

Sat, 28 Nov 2020, 17:30
17:30 PM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 28 Nov 2020
Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 28 Nov 2020
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 .
The full report is as follows:

FVAU01 at 17:27 UTC, 28/11/20 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20201128/1730Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300
PSN: S0806 E11255
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3676M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/105
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS VA EMISSION TO FL160 MOV SW.
LAST OBS AT 28/0100Z
OBS VA DTG: 28/1730Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL160 S0805 E11256 - S0824 E11256 - S0822
E11239 - S0808 E11246 - S0804 E11254 MOV SW 05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 28/2330Z SFC/FL160 S0805 E11257 - S0823
E11244 - S0815 E11232 - S0805 E11246 - S0804 E11254
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 29/0530Z SFC/FL160 S0806 E11257 - S0822
E11243 - S0819 E11233 - S0813 E11233 - S0804 E11245 - S0804
E11254
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 29/1130Z SFC/FL160 S0805 E11257 - S0822
E11243 - S0818 E11233 - S0812 E11232 - S0804 E11245
RMK: VA NOT DISCERNIBLE ON SAT IMAGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD
OBSCURATION. MASSIVE HOTSPOT SEEN ON SAT IMAGERY. VA HEIGHT
AND FCST MOVEMENT BASED ON HIMAWARI-8 IMAGERY AND MODEL
GUIDANCE.
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20201128/2330Z=

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