FVXX20 KNES 090201
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2005MAR09/0200Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: ST. HELENS 1201-05
LOCATION: N4612W12211   AREA: US-WASHINGTON

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 8363 FT (2549 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2005/003 

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: EXHALATION AT 09/0120Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/0130Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: NOT AVBL

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: NOT AVBL

REMARKS: INFORMATION FROM USGS AT 0136Z  REPORTS
MT. ST. HELENS HAD AN EXHALATION WITH REPORTED
HEIGHT TO FL300.  SUBSEQUENT PILOT REPORTS AND
GROUND OBSERVATIONS FROM PORTLAND F.O. ALSO
CONFIRMS FL300 AND RISING WHILE DRIFTING EAST. 
0130Z MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS HOTSPOT AT THE
SUMMIT.  LATEST GFS MODEL SHOW WINDS FROM THE WSW
AT 40 KTS AT FL300. ...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2005MAR09/0800Z

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