FVXX21 KWBC 081850
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002JAN08/1850Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: 1643N 6211W    AREA: CARIBBEAN
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/008
     
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY. 12Z GUADELOUPE SOUNDING.  SURFACE REPORT FROM PLYMOUTH
MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS LOW LEVEL EMISSIONS
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES8 IMAGERY THROUGH 1815Z SHOWS A LOW
LEVEL ASH AND STEAM BOUNDED APPROXIMATELY BY THE POINTS 1643N
6211W 1656N 6233W 1714N 6243W 1621N 6313W 1642N 6240W 1643N
6211W.   THE ASH EXTENDS UP TO 50 NMI TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT. 
MOVEMENT IS WEST AT 10 KNOTS.  THE PLUME SHOWS UP IN
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY INDICATING THE LIKELY PRESENCE OF ASH. THE
MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS MOST EMISSIONS BELOW FL050
WITH OCCASIONAL BURSTS TO FL080. PLYMOUTH MONTSERRAT REPORTS ASH
WEST IN THEIR OBSERVATIONS.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL080 WILL MOVE WEST AT 10 TO
15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002JAN09/0100Z.
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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