FVXX20 KWBC 041330
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001OCT04/1330Z  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: 2001/226
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INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE.. INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT. 1200Z GUADELOUPE
SOUNDING WINDS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS:  REPORTED SMALL ERUPTION AT 04/1200Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1245Z SHOWS A STRONG
HOT SPOT AND A PLUME OF ASH AND GASSES EXTENDING WEST FROM THE SUMMIT.
ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF THE 1200Z ERUPTION WAS REPORTED AS BELOW FL050.
IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF THICK ASH EXTENDING WEST ( 273 DEGREES) 36 KM
(19 NMI) TO POINT 1645N 6238W AND WAS ROUGHLY 23 KM (12 NMI) WIDE. AN
AREA OF FAINTER ASH SURROUNDS THE THICK ASH AND ALSO EXTENDS WEST (273
DEGREES) OUT 62 KM (33 NMI) TO POINT 1645N 6258W AND WAS AROUND 33 KM
(18 NMI) WIDE.
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TRAJECTORY:  ASH AT AND BELOW FL050 WILL MOVE WESTERLY AROUND 20 KNOTS.

OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 04/1930Z.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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