980401: Volcanic Ash

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• Subject: 980401: Volcanic Ash
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:06:05 -0700 (MST)

    NOXX10KWBC 011239
     DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-98.1
     
     AVAILABILITY OF CANADIAN VOLCANIC ASH BULLETINS FROM MONTREAL VAAC.
     
     THESE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SAME DISTRIBUTION FROM RTH 
     WASHINGTON AS OTHER NORTH AMERICAN VOLCANIC ASH BULLETINS.
     
     THIS IS A RETRANSMIISSION OF CANADIAN GENOT NO. 009 ORIGINALLY SENT
IN 
     NOCN04 CWAO DATED 201930.
     
     GENOT NO.009
     
     VOUS TROUVEREZ LA VERSION FRANCAISE DE CE GENOT DANS LE GENOT NOCN04 
     NO.010.
     
     NEW VOLCANIC ASH BULLETINS FROM THE MONTREAL VAAC...
     
     STARTING TODAY  THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE /DESIGNATED
     AS THE MONTREAL VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY CENTRE BY THE INTERNATIONAL 
     CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION/ WILL PREPARE AND ISSUE VOLCANIC ASH 
     MESSAGES WHENEVER ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IS AFFECTED BY A
VOLCANIC 
     ASH CLOUD.
     
     THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF VAAC MONTREAL IS ALL OF CANADA 
     /INCLUDING THE ARCTIC/  GREENLAND  PORTIONS OF THE ARCTIC TO THE
NORTH 
     AND EAST OF GREENLAND AND A PORTION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
     CORRESPONDING TO GANDER OCEANIC FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION.
     
     MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND NORMALLY UPDATED EVERY 6 
     HOURS FOR AS LONG AS THE SITUATION WARRANTS UNDER THE FOLLOWING 
     HEADERS
     
     FVCN01 CWAO
     FVCN02 CWAO
     FVCN03 CWAO
     FVCN04 CWAO

 MOST OF THE TIME MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED UNDER FVCN01 CWAO HEADERS 
     UNLESS THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IS AFFECTED BY ASH CLOUDS PRODUCED 
     BY TWO /OR MORE/ DIFFERENT VOLCANOES. IN THE LATTER CASE FVCN02 /AND 
     THE FOLLOWING HEADER NUMBERS  IF NECESSARY/ WILL
     BE USED TO CARRY INFORMATION ON THESE ASH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED TO OTHER 
     VOLCANOES.
     
     THE FORMAT OF THESE MESSAGES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS
     
     FVCN/01 TO 04/ CWAO DDHHMM
     VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE MONTREAL VOLCANIC ASH 
     ADVISORY CENTRE AT /TIME IN UTC DAY MONTH YEAR/
     
     /NAME OF VOLCANO  BULLETIN NUMBER  STATE OR AREA IN WHICH VOLCANO IS 
     LOCATED  LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF VOLCANO IN DEGREES AND TENTHS OF 
     DEGREES/
     
     BACKGROUND INFORMATION  /COMPLETE NAME OF THE VOLCANO  REFERENCE 
     NUMBER OF THE VOLCANO AS DEFINED IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - 
     VOLCANOES OF THE WORLD SECOND EDITION  SUMMIT HEIGHT OF VOLCANO IN 
     METERS/
     
     SOURCE/S/ OF INFORMATION  /PILOT REPORT  VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
SATELLITE 
     IMAGERY  ETC./
     
     DETAILS OF ERUPTION  /TIME UTC  DAY  MONTH  YEAR/
     
     DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD  /AS AVAILABLE FROM THE INFORMATION SOURCES/
     
     TRAJECTORY OF ASH CLOUD  /DETAILS ON THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE ASH 
     CLOUD/
     
     OUTLOOK  SEE LATEST CANERM DISPERSION MODEL RUN AND SIGMETS
     
     NEXT ADVISORY EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND /DAY  TIME UTC/
     
     PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS

 MCBEAN/ADMA/TORONTO
     
     IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AVAILABILITY OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE 
     PRODUCTS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE DATA MANAGERS LISTED BELOW.
     
     FRED BRANSKI
     SENIOR DATA MANAGER
     
     PHONE  301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
     EMAIL  FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
     EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
     
     TONI ELLIS
     DATA MANAGER
     
     PHONE  301-713-0864 EXTENSION 143
     EMAIL  TONI.ELLIS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
     EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
     
     RICHARD K. THIGPEN  CHIEF
     NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS BRANCH SYSTEMS OPERATIONS CENTER
     RTH WASHINGTON SENDS