FVXX20 KWBC 022100
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN02/2100Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/008
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY.  12Z GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MVO REPORT.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/2032Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 10 NMI WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
N1643W06211 TO N1702W06350.  ASH IS MOVING W AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY ESTIMATES THE HEIGHT
OF THE ASH AT FL060.  ASH EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 100 NMI WEST OF
THE SUMMIT.
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN03/0300Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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