Monday, March 23, 2009

Thar she blows: Mt Redoubt Eruption (Update FAA Webcams)

Mt Redoubt Eruption Twitter

Update:

FAA Webcams of Lake Clark Pass, Merrill Pass and Puntilla Lake.

4km plume prediction

6km plume prediction

8km plume prediction

GOES Satellite Pic Alaska

Skew-T data

Kenai Radar

850 mb

700 mb

500 mb

6hr prog on 24,000 ft winds

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, 50,000 ft plume and winds at 24,000 sw heading......



NWS has an advisory for TKA and no advisory for ANC? Pretty ballsy of them. If that upper low is slighty to the north east of what is progged and the weak ridge axis tilts, Anc could see some light ash...

The susitna valley

SUSITNA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL
1133 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009

...ASHFALL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED AN ASHFALL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT MONDAY.

REDOUBT VOLCANO AT 60.5N 152.7W HAS ERUPTED AT AROUND 1040 PM AKDT. VOLCANIC ASH IS FALLING AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SURFACE ACROSS THE SUSITNA VALLEY. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT ASHFALL WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ASHFALL ADVISORY MEANS THAT ASH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN AREAS OF ASHFALL SHOULD SEAL WINDOWS AND DOORS. PROTECT ELECTRONICS AND COVER AIR INTAKES AND OPEN WATER SUPPLIES. MINIMIZE DRIVING. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

Weather observation points near Mt Redoubt

Skwentna Observations

Talkeetna Observations

Elemendorf/ANC Observations

Will NASA send its aircraft to Alaska like they did in 1991?

Related thread on NASA and volcanoes in Alaska

Update: Advisory

WWAK71 PAFC 231040
NPWAER

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
240 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009

AKZ145-231600-
/X.EXT.PAFC.AF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090323T1600Z/
SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL
240 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009

...ASHFALL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AKDT THIS MORNING...

THE ASHFALL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AKDT THIS MORNING.

REDOUBT VOLCANO AT 60.5N 152.7W HAS ERUPTED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE NIGHT. LIGHT ASHFALL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT SKWENTNA. LIGHT ASHFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ASHFALL ADVISORY MEANS THAT ASH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN AREAS OF ASHFALL SHOULD SEAL WINDOWS AND DOORS. PROTECT ELECTRONICS AND COVER AIR INTAKES AND OPEN WATER SUPPLIES. MINIMIZE DRIVING. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

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