Fuego
FVXX20 at 02:43 UTC, 17/05/26 from KNES VA ADVISORY DTG: 20260517/0240Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: FUEGO 342090 PSN: N1428 W09052 AREA: GUATEMALA SOURCE ELEV: 12346 FT AMSL ADVISORY NR: 2026/572 INFO SOURCE: GOES-19. WEBCAM. NWP MODELS. ERUPTION DETAILS: INTMT VA EMS. EST VA DTG: 17/0210Z EST VA CLD: SFC/FL150 N1428 W09100 - N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09052 - N1425 W09059 - N1428 W09100 MOV W 10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 17/0800Z SFC/FL150 N1429 W09105 - N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09052 - N1424 W09104 - N1429 W09105 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 17/1400Z SFC/FL150 N1429 W09105 - N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09052 - N1425 W09104 - N1429 W09105 FCST VA CLD +18HR: 17/2000Z SFC/FL150 N1428 W09052 - N1428 W09052 - N1423 W09104 - N1428 W09105 - N1428 W09052 RMK: VA NOT CLRLY OBSD BY STLT DUE TO PRTL OBSC BY WX CLD CVR. HWVR VA CLD OBSD BY WEBCAM THRU BINOVC. NWP MDLS FCST VA TO MOV W TO WSW THRU T+18HRS. ...HOSLEY NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20260517/0845Z
Fuego
Volcán Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, is also one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua. The scarp of an older edifice, Meseta, lies between Fuego and Acatenango to the north. Construction of Meseta dates back to about 230,000 years and continued until the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. Collapse of Meseta may have produced the massive Escuintla debris-avalanche deposit, which extends about 50 km onto the Pacific coastal plain. Growth of the modern Fuego volcano followed, continuing the southward migration of volcanism that began at the mostly andesitic Acatenango. Eruptions at Fuego have become more mafic with time, and most historical activity has produced basaltic rocks. Frequent vigorous historical eruptions have been recorded since the onset of the Spanish era in 1524, and have produced major ashfalls, along with occasional pyroclastic flows and lava flows.
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