FVXX22 KNES 300056
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006MAR30/0056Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1642 W06210   AREA: W_INDIES

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/166

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING LIGHT ASH AND GASES.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 8NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1638 W06243 - N1643 W06211. ASH IS MOVING W 15
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 30/0630Z SFC/FL070 8NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1638 W06249 - N1641 W06212. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 30/1230Z SFC/FL070 8NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1646 W06248 - N1643 W06214. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 30/1830Z SFC/FL070 8NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1651 W06252 - N1643 W06214. 

REMARKS: CURRENT MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS
PERSISTENT HOTSPOT AT THE SUMMIT AND A POORLY
DEFINED SHORT PLUME EXTENDING TO THE WESTSOUTHWEST
ABOUT 16 NMI.  LAST VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE DAY
AROUND 2145Z SHOWED AN 8 NMI WIDE MEANDERING PLUME
TO THE WEST AND WSW EXTENDING ABOUT 45 NMI.  LOW
LEVEL WINDS MAY BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE WEST TO
NORTHWEST NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006MAR30/0700Z

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