FVXX20 KNES 040633
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070104/0632Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/015

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/0545Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM
SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL100 MOVING TO W 20
KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 04/1200Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 04/1800Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 05/0000Z 

REMARKS: ASH IS NOT DISCERNABLE IN INFRARED OR
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY..HOWEVER CLOUDS ARE
HINDERING ASH DETECTION. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO
OBSERVATORY INDICATED THERE WAS A PYROCLASTIC
FLOW AT AROUND 0330Z. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION
AND THE LATEST GFS  MODEL SOUNDINGS THE HEIGHT OF
POSSIBLE ASH IS RAISED TO FL100. ...RUMINSKI

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070104/1230Z