FVXX20 KWBC 090000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001MAR09/0000Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/160

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY...AVIATION MODEL FORECAST WIND DATA...1200Z UPPER AIR
SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE.

ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL ASH 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2315Z SHOWS NO
ASH.  THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY OF THE DAY CONTINUED TO SHOW ASH
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST FROM THE SUMMIT AND HAS SPREAD OUT.
AT 2130Z ASH WAS APPROXIMATELY BOUNDED BY THE 1643N 6211W 1650N
6239W AND 1702N 6221W.  THIS AREA WAS 50KM (26NMI) LONG AND UP TO
40KM(22NMI) WIDE. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS THE
ASH AT BETWEEN FL060 AND FL080.
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TRAJECTORY: TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/0600Z. 
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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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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