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Shiveluch Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG: 24/2320Z to 13000 ft (4000 m)

Mon, 25 Feb 2019, 00:15 00:15 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 25 Feb 2019
Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 25 Feb 2019
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 13000 ft (4000 m) altitude or flight level 130 and is moving at 10 kts in SE direction.
The full report is as follows:

FVFE01 at 00:00 UTC, 25/02/19 from RJTD
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20190225/0000Z
VAAC: TOKYO
VOLCANO: SHEVELUCH 300270
PSN: N5639 E16122
AREA: RUSSIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 3283M
ADVISORY NR: 2019/186
INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING
OBS VA DTG: 24/2320Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL130 N5643 E16122 - N5643 E16144 - N5626 E16221 -
N5617 E16206 - N5631 E16143 - N5636 E16120 MOV SE 10KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 25/0520Z SFC/FL140 N5602 E16400 - N5524 E16357 -
N5639 E16122 - N5621 E16307
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 25/1120Z SFC/FL130 N5445 E16546 - N5353 E16621 -

N5454 E16351 - N5639 E16122 - N5514 E16411
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: NO VA EXP
RMK: NIL
NXT ADVISORY: 20190225/0600Z=

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Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 09:27

Shiveluch volcano (Kamchatka, Russia): continuing intense activity, pyroclastic flow this morning

Night-time view of the pyroclastic flow at Shiveluch last night (image: KVERT webcam)
Activity at the volcano is currently very intense. During clear nights, constant glowing avalanches on several sides of the growing lava dome can be seen on the webcam. ... Read all
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Shiveluch volcano satellite image by (c) Google
Shiveluch volcano satellite image by (c) Google
Shiveluch volcano
Stratovolcano 3283 m (10,771 ft)
Kamchatka, 56.65°N / 161.36°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Shiveluch volcano eruptions:
1739(?), 1800(?), 1854 (Plinian eruption), 1879-83, 1897-98, 1905, 1928-29, 1930, 1944-50, 1964 (sub-Plinian, large dome collapse and debris flow), 1980-81, 1984, 1985, 1986-88, 1988, 1989 1990-94, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1999-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Highly explosive. Construction of lava domes and large pyroclastic flows caused by dome collapse. One of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanoes.

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