FVXX22 KNES 240554
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006APR24/0553Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/271

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/0415Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL090 MOVING TO W 5-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 24/1030Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 24/1630Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 24/2230Z 

REMARKS: THE ASH SEEN EARLIER TODAY IN VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY CANNOT BE SEEN IN INFRARED OR
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AND THEREFORE HAS NOT BEEN
OBSERVED IN IMAGERY SINCE NIGHTFALL.  AN
INTERMITTENT HOTSPOT PERSISTS.  PRIOR TO NIGHTFALL
A FAINT ASH PLUME WAS OBESERVED EXTENDING FROM THE
SUMMIT TOWARD THE WEST.   ...

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006APR24/1200Z

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