FVXX20 KWBC 060730
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC06/0730Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/313
                                                              
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
00Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO ASH CAN BE DETECTED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0702Z.  ASH THAT WAS SEEN IN VISIBLE IMAGERY
DURING THE DAY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BELOW FL070.  SUCH LOW
LEVEL PLUMES ARE SELDOM SEEN IN INFRARED OR MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY.  A PRONOUNCED HOT SPOT CONTINUES TO BE PROMINENT IN
NEAR INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST BELOW FL070 WOULD MOVE
TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1330Z.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN
ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT
INTERNET URL ADDRESS
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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RUMINSKI
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