FVXX20 KWBC 280800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC28/0800Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/269
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM
GUADELOUPE. SOUFRIERE HILLS WEBCAM.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 28/0745Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. WINDS
SFC/FL100 MOVING W 15 KNOTS. 
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH CAN NOT BE DETECTED IN GOES-8 IMAGERY DUE TO LOW LEVEL
CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE ISLAND. A HOTSPOT CAN NOT BE DETECTED AND THE
MVO SOUFRIERE HILLS CAM SHOWS A DRASTIC DECREASE IN MAGMA ACTIVITY
FROM PREVIOUS NIGHTS. ANALYST: HUGHES.
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC28/1400Z.

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