BAM--Redoubt Blows

Woke up to the news today, oh boy! Plume to 50,000 feet from four explosions overnight. How about this quote from one of the scientists? "There's going to be a very fine amount of it that's going to be suspended in the atmosphere for quite some time..." WOW!

Comments added March 29 at 8 pm MDT: It's been a wild ride for Redoubt so far! It's rather difficult to fgure out the actual number of eruptions as well as their duration and the extent of the cloud tops. Here's what I can glean from their website:

March 28--At least four explosions. Two tops at 45K and 50 K and two at 25K and 35K.
March 27--At least four explosions. Two tops at 50K and two tops at 40K
March 26--One really large, long duration explosion lasting more than an hour. Tops to 65K.
March 22-23--Four or five initial explosions, most tops to 50K some to 60K.

I think there's been at least 15 decent explosions with a few being really super decent. The Anchorage Airport was closed for awhile after a light dusting of volcanic ash. Alaska Airlines has supposedly scrubbed over 150 flights total since the activity began.

So far, I can't find any information on the composition, extent and dispersal of gas clouds. I'd guess that there has to be a lot of gas getting shot into the atmosphere but I really can't find any data to support my guess. Chances are Redoubt is going to continue its discharges. So far, it's been a pretty vigorous volcano.

One thing's for certain--this is not the proverbial "one shot deal." Nope, Redoubt is going about its business as a volcano and behaving quite well, actually. If it continues this behavior we're going to have some major climate changes in store for a long time to come. Our weather is already pretty danged weird. I suspect it's going to get a LOT weirder if Redoubt continues to huff and puff and blow ash and gas into the 50-60,000 portion of the atmosphere.