FVXX20 KWBC 141300 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001FEB14/1300Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/102 . INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 14/1200Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM 14/0600Z AVIATION MODEL. ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: VERY EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A WELL DEFINED PLUME MOVING OFF THE ISLAND TOWARD THE WEST. RECENT IMAGERY THROUGH 14/1215Z HOWEVER SHOWS HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE AREA THUS OBSCURING THE PLUME. IN ADDITION A HOTSPOT CAN BE SEEN IN THE SHORTWAVE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL070 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 20-25 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/1900Z. . 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. . WALTER . NNNN