FVXX20 KWBC 300110
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAY30/0130Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/556
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY 

ERUPTION DETAILS: PYROCLASTIC FLOW AT 29/1800Z.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/0015Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 8 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1651W06245.  ASH IS MOVING W AT 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 30/0015 SHOWED A FAINT PLUME
WEST OF THE VOLCANO IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  THIS PLUME CAN BE
SEEN APPROXIMATELY 33 NMI WEST OF THE VOLCANO AND MAY EXTEND
FURTHER WEST BUT IS TOO THIN TO BE DETECTED IN IMAGERY.  HOT SPOT
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SEEN IN IMAGERY AS WELL.
                                
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAY30/0730Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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