Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Nyamuragira in DR Congo on 27 Oct 2024 02:57 UTC

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Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Nyamuragira

in DR Congo

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)

04/11 10:50 2024-43 TOULOUSE

04/11 09:00 2024-42 TOULOUSE

04/11 03:00 2024-41 TOULOUSE

03/11 21:00 2024-40 TOULOUSE

03/11 15:05 2024-39 TOULOUSE

03/11 09:00 2024-38 TOULOUSE

03/11 03:00 2024-37 TOULOUSE

02/11 21:00 2024-36 TOULOUSE

02/11 15:00 2024-35 TOULOUSE

02/11 09:00 2024-34 TOULOUSE

02/11 03:00 2024-33 TOULOUSE

01/11 21:00 2024-32 TOULOUSE

01/11 15:00 2024-31 TOULOUSE

01/11 09:00 2024-30 TOULOUSE

01/11 03:00 2024-29 TOULOUSE

31/10 21:00 2024-28 TOULOUSE

31/10 15:00 2024-27 TOULOUSE

31/10 09:00 2024-26 TOULOUSE

31/10 03:00 2024-25 TOULOUSE

30/10 21:00 2024-24 TOULOUSE

30/10 15:00 2024-23 TOULOUSE

30/10 09:00 2024-22 TOULOUSE

30/10 03:00 2024-21 TOULOUSE

29/10 21:00 2024-20 TOULOUSE

29/10 15:00 2024-19 TOULOUSE

29/10 09:00 2024-18 TOULOUSE

29/10 03:00 2024-17 TOULOUSE

28/10 21:00 2024-16 TOULOUSE

28/10 14:55 2024-15 TOULOUSE

28/10 08:56 2024-14 TOULOUSE

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-04 at 10:50 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC eruption weakening. No ash emission.
No detectable ash cloud in spite of a good visibility. Only a plume composed mainly of SO2 and water moving westward is clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-04 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing very weak eruption.
Eruption.
No detectable ash cloud in spite of a good visibility. Only a plume composed mainly of SO2 and steam moving westward is clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-04 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing very feeble eruption.
Eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility. A plume mainly composed by SO2 and h2o is moving westwards.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-03 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing very feeble eruption.
Eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-03 at 15:05 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing very feeble eruption.
Eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-03 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-03 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-02 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
None.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-02 at 15:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-02 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility. A plume mainly composed of water vapor and SO2 is drifting westwards and clearly detectable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-02 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-01 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-01 at 15:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-01 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility. A plume mainly composed by SO2 and h2o is moving westwards and is clearly detectable from satellite dat.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-11-01 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-31 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-31 at 15:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC weak eruption still ongoing.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-31 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC weak eruption still ongoing.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-31 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC weak eruption still ongoing.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-30 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC weak eruption still ongoing.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-30 at 15:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC weak eruption still ongoing.
No volcanic ash detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-30 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
No volcanic ash cloud detectable in spite of good visibility. So2 plume moving westwards and identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-30 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
No volcanic ash cloud detectable in spite of good visibility. So2 plume moving westwards and clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-29 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:36 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
No volcanic ash cloud detectable in spite of good visibility. So2 plume moving westwards and clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-29 at 15:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility. So2 plume moving towards west clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-29 at 09:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility. So2 plume moving towards west clearly identifiable on satellite imagery.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-29 at 03:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-28 at 21:00 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable in spite of good visibility.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-28 at 14:55 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

Volcanic Ash Advisory issued on 2024-10-28 at 08:56 UTC.

Key information extracted from original VAA message :

Aviation Colour Code :

Eruption at 2024-10-25 11:15 UTC ongoing feeble eruption.
Volcanic ash not detectable due to cloud mask.

Original Message :

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