FVXX20 KWBC 081900 CCA
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN08/1900Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/032
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.            

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 08/1815Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1654W06156 MOVING NE 10-20 KNOTS.  SFC/FL100 13 NM WIDE
LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN N1643W06211 N1718W06151 N1742W06111 MOVING
N 5-10 KNOTS.  SFC/FL050 12 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1717W06216 N1738W06226 MOVING N 5-10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD
 
REMARKS: CORRECTED FOR ADVISORY NUMBER.  SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1815Z
SHOWED THREE AREAS OF ASH. THE HIGHEST PLUME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR
FL150 AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 17
NM. ANOTHER PLUME ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR FL100 EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST
OF THE SUMMIT FOR 80 NM.  THE LOWEST LEVEL OF ASH ESTIMATED TO FL050 WAS
DIFFUSE AND CONFINED TO A CLOUD THAT WAS 23 NM LONG AND 12 NM WIDE. 
TURK 
                           
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN098/0100Z.

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