FVXX20 KWBC 210400
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC21/0400Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/240
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 21/0315Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.  WINDS
SFC/FL100 MOVING SW 5-15 KNOTS.  
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: VISIBLE IMAGERY THROUGH 20/2132Z SHOWED A PLUME OF
SOUTHWESTWARD MOVING ASH TO FL100. THIS ASH WAS THIN AND CANNOT
CURRENTLY BE SEEN IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 21/0315Z. NO HOTSPOT
CAN BE SEEN AT THE VOLCANO POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE LOW LEVEL CLOUD
COVER. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC21/1000Z

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