Re: VOLCANO 11/5 Update
Posted by Diane {d[11DOT50]pope[011AT5]IX.Netcom.com} on November 05, 1999 at 19:10:45:

Pressure was building at the back of my head when I went in to donate blood, but as I laid on the table, my blood going into the bag, I could feel the pressure ebbing. "Ah ha," I thought to myself; "getting rid of some iron does help! I shouldn't be as sensitive for while. In the meanwhile, these acted up today:

COLIMA 99-060 MEXICO 19.51N 103.62W

BACKGROUND: COLIMA MEXICO (1401-04)
SUMMIT HEIGHT 13451 FT (4100 M)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY...MEXICO CITY
METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE REPORT.

ERUPTION DETAILS: INITIAL ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 05/1633 UTC.

DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE
REPORTS A SMALL ERUPTION OF THE COLIMA VOLCANO AT 1633 UTC. AT 1702
UTC THE ASH CLOUD EXTENDS 28 KM (15 NMI) TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST OF
THE SUMMIT TO 19.6N 103.9W. THE PLUME IS LESS THAN 5 KM (3 NMI) WIDE
AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT FL160.
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TUNGURAHUA 99-078 ECUADOR 1.47S 78.44W

BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08)
SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY...GUAYAQUIL METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE SIGMETS...BULLETIN
AND WIND DATA FROM THE INSTITUTO GEOFISICO IN ECUADOR.

ERUPTION DETAILS: THE INSTITUTO GEOFISICO REPORTS A NEARLY
CONTINUOUS EMISSION OF STEAM AND ASH AND STRONG SEISMIC ACTIVITY.

DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2215 UTC SHOWS DENSE
METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS OVER THE VOLCANO AND NO ASH CAN BE DETECTED.