FVXX20 KWBC 221500
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2001SEP22/1500Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON
.
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
.                             
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
.                   
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/211.
.
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE/INFRARED/MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
1200Z GUADELOUPE SOUNDING. AVIATION WIND FORECAST. OBSERVATORY
REPORT.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING ASH 
.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM 221130Z THROUGH 22/1445Z
HAS SHOWN A HOT SPOT AND A FAINT PLUME EXTENDING AROUND 115 KM (62
NMI) WEST NORTHWEST (283 DEGREES) FROM THE VOLCANO.  ACCORDING TO THE
MVO THE PLUME IS MOSTLY STEAM AND GASES WITH VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF
ASH AND IS ESTIMATED BELOW FL040.  

TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH UP TO FL040 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST
AROUND 15 KTS.
.
OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ADVISORY ON THIS EVENT UNLESS MORE SIGNIFICANT
ASH IS DETECTED OR REPORTED. 
.
INTERNET URLS...
MESSAGE LISTSERV   WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/SUBSCRIBE.HTML
MESSAGES GRAPHICS AND IMAGERY   WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWERCASE EXCEPT /VAAC/)
.
PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
.
.
NNNN