FVXX20 KWBC 102230
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN10/2230Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/041
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
REPORT.
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 10/2145Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 UP TO 15 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1648W06243 1720N 06309W  ASH IS MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS:   MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AT 2145Z SHOWS ASH EXTENDING ABOUT 70
NM WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. EARLIER VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATED
ASH EXTENDING ABOUT 100 NMI WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. ASH CLOSER
TO THE SUMMIT IS MOVING DUE WEST. THE MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY REPORTS
THAT ASH OUTPUT IS INCREASING AND IS AT FL060-070. 
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN11/0430Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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