FVXX21 KWBC 300005
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002NOV30/0005Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS   1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/196

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.  

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 29/1700Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 29/2345Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.
ESTIMATED WINDS SFC/FL100 N 10-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: DUE TO DARKNESS THE FAINT LOW LEVEL PLUME PREVIOUSLY
DETECTABLE CAN NOT BE SEEN IN IMAGERY. IN THE LAST VISIBLE
IMAGERY AROUND 29/2145 THE FAINT PLUME ESTIMATED BELOW FL100
COULD BE SEEN MOVING NORTH JUST WEST OF ANTIGUA AND DISSIPATING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA AND ISSUE ADVISORIES WHEN
ASH IS AGAIN DETECTED.   

NEXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES.             

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