FVXX20 KWBC 301330
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC30/1320Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
.
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
.                             
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
.
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/353
                                                              
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY.  12Z UPPER AIR WIND DATA FROM GUADELOUPE. AVIATION
MODEL WIND FORECAST.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: FAINT ASH PLUME PRODUCED BY ROCKFALLS.
.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN ASH
PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.  AT
1245Z THE PLUME EXTENDS FROM THE SUMMIT APPROXIMATELY TO THE
POINT 1730N 6304W AND THEREFORE PASSES JUST WEST OF NEVIS AND
ST KITTS.  THE PLUME IS ABOUT 131 KM (70 NMI) LONG AND 12 KM
(6 NMI) WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE UP TO FL080. SHORTWAVE
INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAK HOTSPOT AT THE VOLCANO. 
.
TRAJECTORY: ASH UP TO FL080 IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT
10 TO 15 KNOTS.
.
OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
.
THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 30/1930Z.
.
REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN
ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT
INTERNET URL ADDRESS
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/)
.
PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
.
NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

""