Westdahl reported activity

Event Name : Westdahl 1979/2

Start:	February 8, 1979	Observed
Stop:	February 9, 1979	Observed

Active; type of activity not specified:
Tephra plume:

Eruption Type:	Other
Duration:	about 2 days
MaxVEI:	3
ColHeight:	8000 m

Description: From Pamenter and Kienle (1981): "Ash cloud about 8 km high. "A cloud apparently erupted from Westdahl was present on NOAA weather satellite imagery for more than 30 hours on 8 and 9 February. The cloud was first observed on an infrared image taken at 03:52 on 8 February, about 17 hours after the previous image, on which no eruption cloud could be seen. It occurred on 08:42 and 10:37 (infrared) but was not present at 19:58 on the 9th of 09:52 on the 10th. The cloud was no more than 50 km in longest dimension on any of the images, nor was it elongated into a typical volcanic plume. The height of the cloud was calculated separately from infrared and visual images taken at 09:26 on 8 February. Analysis of the infrared image gives a temperature of -53 degrees C at the top of the cloud, corresponding to an altitude of slightly more than 8 km. On the visual image, measurements of the shadow cast on the weather cloud deck by the volcanic cloud results in an estimated altitude of 7.7 +/- 1 km (Data from SEAN Bulletin, vol. 4, p. 2-3, 1979)."