Overall Green Volcanic eruption alert for Sinabung in Indonesia on 03 Nov 2020 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Sinabung

in Indonesia

Volcano Ash Advisories for air traffic

Although Volcano Ash Advisories (VAAC) are not intended for assessing humanitarian impact, the observations of the plume are relevant for understanding local impact. The actual impact (like ash fall) depends on the type of eruption and is not known.

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Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

03 Nov 01:00

03/11 01:00 2020-77

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2020-11-03 at 01:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Discrete volcanic ash eruption to flight level 120 (3600m) move e observation at 02 1710 UTC.
Volcanic ash indiscernible on satellite imgery due to meteorological cloud. Volcanic ash expected to dissipate next 6.

Original Message :

Received FVAU03 at 00:56 UTC, 03/11/20 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20201103/0100Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: SINABUNG 261080
PSN: N0310 E09824
AREA: INDONESIA
SUMMIT ELEV: 2460M
ADVISORY NR: 2020/77
INFO SOURCE: CVGHM, WEBCAM
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: DISCRETE VA ERUPTION TO FL120 MOV E OBS AT
02/1710Z
OBS VA DTG: 03/0100Z
OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL120 N0304 E09829 - N0326 E09829 - N0326 E09845 - N0304 E09845 MOV NE 05KT
E09845 - N0304 E09845 MOV NE 05KT
FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 03/0700Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 03/1300Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 03/1900Z NO VA EXP
RMK: VA INDISCERNIBLE ON SAT IMGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD. VA
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WITHIN NEXT 6 HOURS.
NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES=

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