FVXX20 KNES 090020
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070109/0019Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/038

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 08/2315Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 N1744 W06153 - N1643
W06210 - N1726 W06247 - N1744 W06153 MOVING N
5-10 KNOTS. SFC/FL070 N1709 W06329 - N1649 W06313
- N1633 W06348 - N1651 W06410 - N1709 W06329
MOVING W 5-10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 09/0530Z SFC/FL150 N1748
W06141 - N1658 W06154 - N1643 W06211 - N1728
W06241 - N1748 W06141 SFC/FL070 NO ASH EXP.

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 09/1130Z SFC/FL150 15NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1754 W06128 - N1644 W06208. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 09/1730Z SFC/FL150 N1738
W06205 - N1710 W06128 - N1643 W06211 - N1738
W06205 

REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A PLUME TO
FL150 EXTENDING 60 NMI TO THE NORTH OF THE SUMMIT
AT 2315Z.  A RESIDUAL DIFFUSE AND DISSIPATING ASH
CLOUD TO FL070 WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 80 NMI
TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT.  HIGH LEVEL ASH
PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED TO FL350 HAD BECOME TOO
DIFFUSE TO DETECT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY ROUGHLY
350 NMI EAST OF THE SUMMIT NEAR 56 DEGREES
LONGITUDE.   ...TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070109/0615Z

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