FVXX20 KWBC 060700 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001JAN06/0700Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/15 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 06/0000Z GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. WINDS FORECAST FROM THE AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: FAINT ASH PLUME PRODUCED BY ROCKFALLS. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO ASH IS DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 06/0632Z. SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW AN INTERMITTENT HOT SPOT OVER THE VOLCANO. A FAINT ASH PLUME ESTIMATED BELOW FL080 WAS DETECTED DURING DAYTIME HOURS ON JANUARY 5 IN VISIBLE IMAGERY. SUCH LOW LEVEL ASH IS OFTEN NOT SEEN IN MULTISPECTRAL OR INFRARED IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH FROM SUMMIT LEVEL TO FL080 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1300Z. . 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/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN