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heavycloud
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volcanic
Does anybody know of the chart symbol is for volcanic activity or is there is such a symbol and were i can find it?
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Darkwing Duck
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Re: volcanic
You will find them on SIG Wx charts. It is an isosceles trapezoid, 3 little lines coming out the top and a dot on the bottom line of the trapezoid.
Kowalski: Sir, we may be out of fuel.
Skipper: What makes you think that?
Kowalski: We've lost engine one, and engine two is no longer on fire.
Skipper: What makes you think that?
Kowalski: We've lost engine one, and engine two is no longer on fire.
Re: volcanic
Duck,
You can find it in the AIM, in the appendices of the MET section (3.13-(L))
Appended below you can see the symbol being used as part of a Volcanic Ash (VA) Advisory, with explanation of how it relates to the textual product. However, this came from a Australian-NZ product that was part of their VA awareness program.
If you're really curious, you can also save this link for the next time Iceland's volcano shoots off a load of ash into the air.
http://en.vedur.is/weather/aviation/sigwx/
If you check out their products you'll see the volcano symbol for not only Iceland, but also Mt Etna down in Sicily, who is regularly active. Last big one was 2006. However, it's plume tends to go down over Africa, so not much European disruption.
You can find it in the AIM, in the appendices of the MET section (3.13-(L))
Appended below you can see the symbol being used as part of a Volcanic Ash (VA) Advisory, with explanation of how it relates to the textual product. However, this came from a Australian-NZ product that was part of their VA awareness program.
If you're really curious, you can also save this link for the next time Iceland's volcano shoots off a load of ash into the air.
http://en.vedur.is/weather/aviation/sigwx/
If you check out their products you'll see the volcano symbol for not only Iceland, but also Mt Etna down in Sicily, who is regularly active. Last big one was 2006. However, it's plume tends to go down over Africa, so not much European disruption.
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Darkwing Duck
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Re: volcanic
Zed,
I know all about that too, but thanks for the extra info, everything helps to those who need to know. That link works but this is the one I always use.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/
I know all about that too, but thanks for the extra info, everything helps to those who need to know. That link works but this is the one I always use.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/
Kowalski: Sir, we may be out of fuel.
Skipper: What makes you think that?
Kowalski: We've lost engine one, and engine two is no longer on fire.
Skipper: What makes you think that?
Kowalski: We've lost engine one, and engine two is no longer on fire.
Re: volcanic
Duck, I meant Heavycloud. When I made a quick look to see who was the last postee was... assuming.... it was the only one, since that was the state of affairs when I started... I got you instead. My bad. As long as heavycloud got his info, its all good.
