FVXX20 KWBC 062000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN06/2000Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/024
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE.
GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 06/1915Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 N1643W06211 N1731W06300 N1726W06318 N1738W06330
N1802W06259 N1655W06159 N1643W06211 MOVING N 15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: THE ASH PLUME HAS NOW VEERED AROUND AND EXTENDS TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHEAST OF THE VOLCANO. THE THICKER ASH WITHIN THE BOUNDARY
OUTLINED ABOVE IS SOUTH OF LATITUDE N1707. THE OBSERVATORY INDICATES
THAT THE ASH IS ALSO REACHING A BIT HIGHER THAN IN THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY 
AND THE HEIGHT HAS THEREFORE BEEN ADJUSTED TO FL070.  
ANALYST...RUMINSKI
                           
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN07/0200Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"