FVXX20 KWBC 232000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC23/2000Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/251
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY.  GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1915Z

OBS ASH CLOUD:  SFC/FL100 25NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1642W06211 N1651W06309 N1726W06352 MOVING W 15-25 KNOTS.
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THIN LOW LEVEL ASH TO FL100 IS VISIBLE IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 1915Z.  THE LINE OF ASH HAS THINNED WEST OF THE
SUMMIT.  INTERMITTENT HOT SPOTS ARE OBSERVED IN SHORTWAVE
IMAGERY.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC24/0200Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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