FVXX20 KWBC 160500 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001DEC16/0500Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/281 . INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. 00Z GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: LATEST EMISSION AT 15/1230Z. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED AN EMISSION OF ASH TO UNKNOWN ALTITUDE AT APPROXIMATELY 15/1230Z. ASH HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS EVENT BUT THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE CLOUDS IN THE AREA. . TRAJECTORY: ANY REMAINING ASH BETWEEN FL030 AND FL060 WOULD MOVE NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . NEXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES . . NNNN