FVXX21 KWBC 090045     
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2001DEC09/0045Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
.      
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
.
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
.
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/268
.
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE/INFRARED/MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY. 08/12Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: LOW LEVEL ASH EMISSION STARTING BEFORE
08/1245Z.
.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0015Z SHOWS NO
CURRENT INDICATION OF AN ASH PLUME.  THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGE AT
2045Z DID SHOW A VERY FAINT PLUME TO THE WEST OF THE ISLAND.
AT THAT TIME THE PLUME WAS VERY THIN AND EXTENDED TO A POINT
NEAR 1638N 6249W WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 70KM (40NMI) FROM THE
SUMMIT.
.
TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR PATTERNS SUGGEST ANY ASH AT OR BELOW
FL060 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 15 TO 20KTS. 
.
OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
.
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2001DEC09/0700Z
.         
.
NNNN