FVXX20 KWBC 060756
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2004MAR06/0800Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
 
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2004/011

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.

ERUPTION DETAILS: VENTING OF GASES AND ASH STARTING AROUND
05/1100Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 06/0715Z. 

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.
WINDS SFC/FL050 MOVING TO SW 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD+6H:  NOT AVBL
FCST ASH CLOUD+12H: NOT AVBL
FCST ASH CLOUD+18H: NOT AVBL

REMARKS: IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT LOW LEVEL ASH IN
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE DAY AT
05/2155Z SHOWED A 5 NM WIDE PLUME EXTENDING TO ABOUT
N1606W06314 OR ABOUT 70 NM WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE
HEIGHT IS STILL ESTIMATED BELOW FL050.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2004MAR06/1400Z.

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