In Reply to: i just heard flights are being cancelled posted by goodguy on Tuesday, 30. August 2011 at 12:26 Bali Time:
Darwin VAAC
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES FROM DARWIN VAAC - LAST 7 DAYS
DARWIN VAAC 07:59 UTC, 30/08/2011
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Received FVAU01 at 02:27 UTC, 30/08/11 from ADRM
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20110830/0225Z
VAAC: DARWIN
VOLCANO: BATU TARA 0604-26
PSN: S0747 E12335
AREA: LESSER SUNDA IS
SUMMIT ELEV: 748M
ADVISORY NR: 2011/271
INFO SOURCE: MTSAT-2
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: VA PLUME LAST OBS TO FL070 EXTENDING 50NM TO W
AT 29/2232Z.
OBS VA DTG: 30/0215Z
OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM SATELLITE DATA
WIND SFC/FL070 110/20KT
FCST VA CLD +6HR: 30/0815Z
FCST VA CLD +12HR: 30/1415Z
FCST VA CLD +18HR: 30/2015Z
RMK: VA PLUME LAST VISIBLE 29/2232Z MTSAT-2 IMAGE. VA APPEARS TO
HAVE DISSIPATED HOWEVER FURTHER ERUPTIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR.
GRAPHIC AT LOWER CASE
HTTP://WWW.BOM.GOV.AU/INFO/VAAC/ADVISORIES.SHTML
NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES.
Nothing on either VB or J* about delays......