FVXX20 KWBC 022235 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001MAR02/2235Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/145 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. WIND FORECAST FROM THE AVIATION MODEL. ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL ASH ALONG WITH STEAM AND GASES. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: IMAGERY THROUGH 02/2202Z SHOWS AN OCCASIONAL HOT SPOT HOWEVER DUE TO DARKNESS AND SOME THIN HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THE PREVIOUS FAINT LOW LEVEL (BELOW FL100) PLUME COULD NO LONGER BE DETECTED. BEFORE DARKNESS THE PLUME WAS EXTENDING WEST FROM THE ISLAND AROUND 30 NMI AND WAS AROUND 12 NMI WIDE. . TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL100 WILL MOVE TOWARD THE WEST AROUND 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 03/0430Z. . 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