FVXX20 KNES 162229
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20060916/2229Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/534

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/2145Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1659 W06456 - N1626
W06341 - N1644 W06211 - N1640 W06209 - N1552
W06341 - N1642 W06525 - N1659 W06456 MOVING SW
15-20 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 17/0400Z SFC/FL100 25NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1643 W06210 - N1538 W06459. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 17/1000Z SFC/FL100 25NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1642 W06210 - N1526 W06539. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 17/1600Z SFC/FL100 25NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1640 W06209 - N1526 W06539. 

REMARKS: ASH CONTINUES TO BE EMITTED FROM THE
VOLCANO AND SINCE THE PLUME HAS BECOME
CONSOLIDATED FROM SFC/FL100 ALL MOVING SW...THE
PLUME APPEARS TO HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY.  A THIN
AREA OF ASH THAT WAS MOVING NW YESTERDAY CAN BE
SEEN MOVING SW  JUST SOUTH OF ST. CROIX... THIS
AREA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN 6HRS.  ASH
HEIGHT WAS RAISED SLIGHTLY TO FL100 BASED ON
HEIGHT OF TROPICAL INVERSION AND INTENSITY OF THE
MULTISPECTRAL SIGNAL OF ASH. ...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20060917/0430Z

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