FVXX21 KNES 100537
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006JUN10/0536Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/439

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. MONTSERRAT
OBSERVATORY. PILOT REPORT. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH VENTING

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 10/0445Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL050 MOVING TO W 15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 10/1100Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 10/1700Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 10/2300Z 

REMARKS: AS IS TYPICAL WITH LOW LEVEL PLUMES FROM
SOUFRIERE HILLS ASH IS NOT DETECTED IN IR OR
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. HOWEVER THE VENTING IS
LIKELY CONTINUING AND A PLUME WILL BE DETECTED
WITH VISIBLE IMAGERY IN THE MORNING. NO HOTSPOT IS
SEEN. WINDS CURRENTLY HAVE A SLIGHT NORTHWARD
COMPONENT TO THEM WHICH BROUGHT THE PLUME CLOSE TO
ST CROIX LAST EVENING. HOWEVER MODEL WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BECOME MORE FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST BY
MORNING AND DURING THE DAY KEEPING THE PLUME SOUTH
OF THE ISLANDS. ...RUMINSKI

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006JUN10/1130Z

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