Alaska's Pavlof Volcano eruption - March 27, 2016

[Astronuc]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/volcano-erupts-southwest-alaska-sends-ash-20-000-032041050.html

Pavlof Volcano, one of Alaska's most active volcanoes, is 625 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, the finger of land that sticks out from mainland Alaska toward the Aleutian Islands.

The volcano in the 8,261-foot mountain erupted about 4 p.m. Sunday, spitting out an ash cloud that rose to 20,000 feet.

Lightning over the mountain and pressure sensors indicated eruptions continued overnight By 7 a.m. Monday, the ash cloud had risen to 37,000 feet and winds to 50 mph or more had stretched it over more than 400 miles into interior Alaska.

https://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Pavlof.php
https://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/report.php?id=82221&mode=hans&type=3

Some recent history - http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=312030
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=Pavlof&page=citations&eruptionid=225

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The photo is pretty cool!

 

[davenn]

The photo is pretty cool!

dark ask cloud against the white snow ... a stark contrast

 

[1oldman2]

dark ask cloud against the white snow ... a stark contrast

Great photo, this is the volcano we discussed in the "Earth quake thread" recently

 

[davenn]

Great photo, this is the volcano we discussed in the "Earth quake thread" recently

yes it is :)

 

[Astronuc]

Some great pictures

Alaska volcano eruption less intense but plume forces more flight cancellations
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...uption-less-intense-more-flight-cancellations

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/west-jet-cancels-flights-as-pavlof-volcano-spews-ash-cloud/65705

The ash plume spreads NE ~400 miles affecting the interior of Alaska. As for March 31, the seismic activity seems to be diminishing.