FVXX20 KWBC 090700
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN09/0700Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/034
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.         
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/0615Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 UP T0 16 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1827W06103 MOVING NE AROUND 10-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0615Z SHOWS A THIN ASH PLUME ABOUT
125 NM NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT.  BASED ON THE GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED TO BE BELOW FL100.
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN09/1300Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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