FVXX21 KNES 120040
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2005AUG12/0040Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2005/129

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS MODEL WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS 

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 12/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL080 MOVING TO NW 5-10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 12/0630Z  WINDS SFC/FL080
MOVING TO W 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 12/1230Z  WINDS SFC/FL080
MOVING TO W 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 12/1830Z  WINDS SFC/FL080
MOVING TO NW 5-15 KNOTS.

REMARKS: LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED AN AREA OF
ASH NEAR AND JUST W OF ST. CROIX APPROACHING THE
SE COAST OF PUERTO RICO.  HOWEVER...DUE TO THE LOW
LEVEL NATURE OF THE ASH...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE
IN MULTI-SPECTRAL IR IMAGES.  THERE IS A SLIGHT
POSSIBILITY THAT LIGHT ASHFALL MAY OCCUR TONIGHT
IN PUERTO RICO ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN
SHORE. ...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2005AUG12/0645Z

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