FVXX20 KWBC 272000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC27/2000Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/267
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 27/1915Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 N1642W06209 N1703W06212 N1711W06227
N1724W06309 N1738W06330 N1722W06357 N1702W06353 N1702W06248
N1652W06220 N1647W06220 N1642W06209 MOVING WEST 5 - 10 KNOTS. 
 
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1915Z SHOWS TWO AREAS OF ASH.
BOTH ARE BELIEVED TO BE UP TO FL060 WITH ONE AREA THICKER THAN THE
SECOND.  THE THICKER AREA APPEARS TO BE MOVING MORE NORTHWEST WITH
WINDS AT 110 DEGREES.  THIS THICKER AREA OF ASH IS BOUNDED BY
N1642W06209 N1703W06212 N1711W06227 N1707W06228 N1647W06220
N1642W06209 AND FALLS WITHIN THE ABOVE NOTED AREA.  GOES SHORTWAVE
IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A WELL DEFINED HOT SPOT SUGGESTING
CONTINUED ACTIVITY.
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC28/0200Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"