FVXX20 KNES 100142 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 20070310/0142Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: N1642 W06210 AREA: W_INDIES SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M) ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/205 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY. ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS AND VENTING OF LIGHT ASH AND GASES OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 10/0045Z OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL070 MOVING TO NW 10-15 KNOTS. FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 10/0700Z FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 10/1300Z FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 10/1900Z REMARKS: ROCKFALLS AND VENTING OF LIGHT ASH AND GASES WAS REPORTED BY THE OBSERVATORY. NO PLUME CAN BE SEEN IN IMAGERY DUE TO DARKNESS. IN THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY THE MOST DENSE PART OF THE PLUME EXTENDED AROUND 70 NM AND JUST WEST OF THE ISLAND OF ST. KITTS. BEYOND THAT IT WAS TO FAINT TO DETECTED IN IMAGERY. THERE HAS BEEN SOME SURFACE REPORTS AT SOME ISLANDS OF HAZE OR LIGHT ASH. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL MOVE ANY ASH WEST THEN SOUTHWEST BY MORNING. ...SWANSON NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070310/0745Z