FVXX20 KNES 141624
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070314/1624Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/224

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 14/1602Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 9NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1640 W06210 - N1623 W06211. ASH IS MOVING S 8
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 14/2200Z SFC/FL080 10NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1639 W06211 - N1619 W06219. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 15/0400Z SFC/FL080 10NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1640 W06211 - N1624 W06231. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 15/1000Z NOT AVBL.

REMARKS: WEATHER CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
VOLCANO MAKES ASH DETECTION DIFFICULT BUT VISIBLE
IMAGERY APPEARS TO SHOW A 9 NMI WIDE PLUME
EXTENDING ABOUT 13 NMI TO THE SOUTH OF THE
ISLAND.  EARLIER MULTSIPECTRAL IMAGERY INDICATES
ASH IN THE PLUME.  THE MVO STATES THAT
INTERMITTENT PYROCLASTIC FLOWS CONTINUE AT THE
SUMMIT.  FORECAST MODEL AND SATELLITE SUGGEST A
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070314/2230Z

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