FVXX20 KWBC 041500
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN04/1500Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/015
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/1415Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL050 UP TO 15 NMI WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1643W06211 N1719W06409 MOVING WEST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: ASH EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 120 NMI WEST OF SUMMIT. PLUME
IS FAINT AND DIFFUSE. BROKEN METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS MAKES EXACT
LOCATION OF PLUME DIFFICULT. THE MVO REPORTS A SLIGHT INCREASE OF
SEISMIC ACTIVITY SINCE YESTERDAY.
                           
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN04/2100Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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