VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20080227/1328Z VAAC: TOULOUSE VOLCANO: OL DOINYO LENGAI 0202-12
PSN: S0246 E03555
AREA: AFRICA-E
SUMMIT ELEV: 2962M
ADVISORY NR: 2008/09
INFO SOURCE: MARTINAIR REPORT, MTOSAT IMAGERY (HRV)
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: UNKNOWN
ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH CLOUDS UP TO FL350 OBSERVED BY A MARTINAIR
CREW (MESSAGE RECEIVED AT 0730Z) IT SEEMS A SECOND PUSH AROUND 0900Z
OCCURED (HRV IMAGEY) BUT THE ASH FLAG FROM IMAGERY IS NOT ACTIVE AND
ASH PLUME NOT VISIBLE.
ADVISORY NR: 2008/3
INFO SOURCE: RVO. NOT VISIBLE ON MTSAT.
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: Explosive eruption at 260110z to 3km above crater
OBS VA DTG: 26/0530Z
OBS VA CLD:
SFC/FL120 S0415 E15210 - S0415 E15025 - S0525 E15115 -
S0515 E15245 - S0440 E15300 - S0415 E15215 - S0415 E15210 SE TO E
10KT
RMK: A BIG EXPLOSION SENT THICK, BILLOWING GREY ASH TO 3KM ABOVE
THE CRATER BEFORE BEING BLOWN SE. CONTINUOUS EMISSION
FOLLOWED WITH THE PLUME GOING EAST FROM 0400Z. Graphic at
[lower case] http://www.bom.gov.au/info/vaac/advisories.shtml
NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20080226/1130Z