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