FVXX20 KWBC 140655
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001FEB14/0655Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
.
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
.                             
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
.
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/101
.                                                                
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
0000Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST
FROM 0000Z AVAITION MODEL.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING ASH.
.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 14/0615Z DOES NOT
SHOW ANY ASH PLUME OR HOT SPOT OVER THE VOLCANO. HOWEVER LOW
LEVEL PLUMES ARE OFTEN NOT SEEN IN INFRARED IMAGERY. THE LAST
VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE DAY AT 2115Z SHOWED A LOW LEVEL ASH PLUME
EXTENDING ABOUT 200KM (108NMI) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE
PLUME IS ABOUT 20KM (11NMI) WIDE WITH ASH ESTIMATED BELOW FL070.
.
TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL070 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST
AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS.
.
OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
.
THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/0700Z.
.
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.
.
RUMINSKI
.
NNNN