FVXX21 KWBC 291800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002NOV29/1800Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS   1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/194

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. PILOT REPORT.  

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 29/1700Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 29/1645Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 N1643W06211 N1650W06210 N1655W06213
N1656W06226 N1658W06246 N1648W06233 N1646W06221 N1646W06213
N1643W06211 MOVING NW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INDICATES THAT
PYROCLASTIC FLOWS ARE OCCURRING AS PART OF THE DOME HAS COLLAPSED
AND ASH IS ERUPTING TO AROUND FL060.  THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO
OBSERVATORY ALSO SAID THAT SEISMIC ACTIVITY HAD INCREASED
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, BUT WAS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL SINCE THE
ERUPTION.  AN AIRCRAFT REPORT INDICATED THAT ASH WAS TO FL080
MOVING NW FROM SUMMIT.  LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 29/1732Z
STILL SHOWS THAT ASH AND STEAM IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NW AND IS
DISPERSING AROUND 30 NM FROM THE SUMMIT.  A VISIBLE HOTSPOT IS
SEEN IN MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY.....KIBLER  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002NOV30/0000Z.             

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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