FVXX20 KWBC 261400
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC26/1400Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/262
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: NOAA-16 IMAGERY. GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY.

ERUPTION DETAILS: LOW LEVEL ASH EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/1332Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1644W06210 N1650W06223 N1651W06233
N1637W06235 N1641W06210 N1644W06210 MOVING WEST 15 - 20 KNOTS
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1302Z SHOWED AN INCREASE IN ASH NEAR
THE SUMMIT.  THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY CONFIRMED A SLIGHTLY
STRONGER THAN AVERAGE PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT THAT TIME.  IMAGERY
THROUGH 1332Z SHOWED THE ASH MOVING PRIMARILY WESTWARD WITH A SLIGHT
SOUTHWARD COMPONENT INDICATING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PLUME.  SHORTWAVE
IMAGERY CONFIRMS INCREASED HOT SPOT ACTIVITY AS WELL.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC26/2000Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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