FVXX21 KNES 052234
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2005SEP05/2234Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2005/172

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS MODEL WINDS.
PILOT REPORT. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING LOW LEVEL ASH AND STEAM
EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 05/2215Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1759W06516 - N1744W06500
- N1723W06553 - N1743W06613 - N1759W06516 MOVING W
10 KNOTS. SFC/FL070 12NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1716W06433 - N1704W06314. ASH IS MOVING NW 10
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 06/0430Z SFC/FL070 10NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1643W06211 - N1624W06328 -
N1616W06449. SFC/FL100 N1831W06623 - N1816W06604 -
N1740W06646 - N1801W06710 - N1831W06623 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 06/1030Z SFC/FL070 10NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1641W06211 - N1648W06304 -
N1632W06459. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 06/1630Z SFC/FL070 10NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1712W06402 - N1708W06316 -
N1641W06211. 

REMARKS: TWO FAINT AREAS OF POSSIBLE ASH CAN BE
SEEN IN IMAGERY THROUGH 2215Z.  THE PLUME TO FL070
THAT HAD EARLIER COME FROM THE SUMMIT NOW APPEARS
TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS CURRENTLY
A SMALL AREA TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OF THE VOLCANO.
 A SEPARATE AREA OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE HAZE MIXED
WITH POSSIBLE  FAINT ASH AND STEAM IS SOUTHEAST OF
PUERTO RICO AND MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST. 
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2005SEP06/0430Z

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