FVXX20 KWBC 270200
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC27/0200Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/264
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0102Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1643W06211 N1714W06255 N1719W06322
N1700W06321 N1657W06256 N1643W06211 MOVING NW 10-15 KNOTS. SFC/FL060
N1642W06301 N1647W06236 N1700W0621 N1657W06256 MOVING W 5-10 KNOTS.  
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 27/0115Z SHOWS A PLUME OF
ASH TO THE NW OF THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT JUST OFF THE SW COAST OF
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. THOUGH DIFFICULT TO FULLY DETERMINE...THE ASH
APPEARS TO BE MOVING TO THE WEST IN THE LOWER LEVELS BELOW FL060 AND
TO THE NORTHWEST UP TO FL100. THIS CORRESPONDS WITH THE GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST AT THESE LEVELS. ALSO...A VERY BRIGHT HOTSPOT HAS
BEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...GALLINA 
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC27/0800Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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