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Old 04-15-2010, 01:04 PM   #42
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I'm wondering how they'll be sure when to give the all clear - wouldn't want to run into a lingering pocket of the stuff up there.

That, presumably, won't happen until the eruption itself stops .... Though satellite imagery will help - as will the computer simulations of how the plume will move. The UK Met Office has plenty of experience with upper air wind forecasting....
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