Bogoslof sends ash over Unalaska; Takawangha rumbles

Bogoslof Volcano might ship ash cloud to Unalaska following eruption

The newest eruption of Bogoslof volcano Tuesday morning despatched a comparatively low-altitude ash cloud east over Unalaska, however the cloud dissipated with no studies of ashfall within the Aleutian Islands port.

Unalaska police dispatchers stated at eleven:30 a.m. Tuesday that that they had acquired no native stories of ashfall.

An replace from the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s Facebook web page on the eruption stated the cloud, at an estimated altitude of 25,000 ft, was produced by an eruption starting at A:fifty three a.m. Tuesday. Bogoslof is on an island about 60 miles west of Unalaska.

“A volcanic cloud was noticed in satellite tv for pc knowledge starting at (H a.m. Alaska time),” AVO employees wrote. “Subsequent pictures present the volcanic cloud shifting in the direction of the east. The cloud is ice-wealthy, however possible accommodates volcanic ash.”

Michelle Coombs, the observatory’s scientist in cost, stated volcanologists notified state officers early Tuesday however had anticipated solely potential hint quantities of ashfall in Unalaska.

Brian Hagenbuch, a basic aviation meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Alaska Aviation Weather Unit in Anchorage, stated that an advisory to pilots for the ash cloud was canceled at about eleven:20 a.m.

The cloud handed over Unalaska between S a.m. and seven:30 a.m., Hagenbuch stated. Its subsequent monitor on radar took it east over the Gulf of Alaska, the place it dissipated later Tuesday morning.

Bogoslof has been erupting since mid-December, sending ash clouds to altitudes of as much as 31,000 ft. Last week, an ash cloud from the volcano pressured a number of plane to divert round it.

Coombs stated there wasn’t any speedy prognosis for future eruptions at Bogoslof, given its unstable conduct.

“We really feel prefer it’s Groundhog Day as a result of it retains erupting, however earlier eruptions have lasted three weeks — we’re already past that,” Coombs stated. “Certainly these eruptions, these explosions, might proceed on, however we’ll simply need to see.”