FVXX20 KWBC 300700
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2002DEC30/0700Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2002/278
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. NOAA-17 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS 
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 30/0615Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 N1640W06248 N1630W06300 N1628W06317
N1608W06347 N1614W06408 N1631W06354 N1635W6330 N1642W6302 MOVING SW
15 KNOTS 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: GOES PRINCIPLE COMPONENT AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A
DETACHED CLOUD OF ASH MOVING SOUTHWEST INTO AWC FIR. ASH IS TOO THIN
TO BE DETECTED CLOSER TO THE VOLCANO HOWEVER A NOAA-17 HIGH
RESOLUTION PICTURE TRANSMISSION PASS FROM 0214Z DID SHOW A
CONTINUOUS ASH PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE VOLCANO. ANALYST: HUGHES.
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2002DEC30/1300Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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