FVXX20 KWBC 160600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC16/0600Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS   1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/222
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO
OBSERVATORY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS BEGINNING AROUND 15/1545Z
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/0545Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 10-15 NMI WIDE LINE OF ASH N1643W06211
N1729W06402 MOVING WEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. PLUME IS APPROXIMATELY
150 NMI LONG.
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: CURRENT MULTI-SPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THOUGH 16/0545Z
SHOWS A FAINT PLUME OF ASH. BOUNDARIES ARE INDISTINCT IN
NIGHTTIME MULTI SPECTRAL IMAGERY.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 16/1200Z
 
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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