FVXX20 KWBC 260800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC26/0800Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/261
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: NOAA-16 IMAGERY. GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE

ERUPTION DETAILS: LOW LEVEL ASH EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0602Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL050 2 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1645W06232. ASH IS MOVING WEST 20 KNOTS
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: NOAA-16 AVHRR HIGH RESOLUTION PASS AT 0602Z SHOWS A WELL
DEFINED PLUME OF ASH IN SPLIT WINDOW MULTISPECTRAL ANALYSIS. AVHRR
AND GOES-8 SHORTWAVE INFRARED INDICATE A WELL DEFINED HOT SPOT
SUGGESTING CONTINUED ACTIVITY. ANALYST: HUGHES

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC26/1400Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"