FVXX20 KNES 170923
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070317/0922Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643 W06210   AREA: W_INDIES

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/235

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/0845Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM
SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL080 MOVING TO NW
10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 17/1500Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 17/2100Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 18/0300Z 

REMARKS: NO ASH HAS BEEN SEEN IN IMAGERY SINCE
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY BECAME UNAVAILABLE AT
NIGHTFALL AND THE ASH IS TOO LOW AND THIN TO SEE
IN INFRARED IMAGERY.   WIND PATTERNS SUGGEST THAT
IF AN ASH PLUME EXISTS IT IS LIKELY TO EXTEND 
FROM THE SUMMIT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR WEST
NORTHWEST.   IN 18 HOURS THE PLUME IS EXPECTED TO
EXTEND ALMOST DUE WEST.     ...

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070317/1515Z