FVXX20 KWBC 161220 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2003JAN16/1220Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: N1643W06211 AREA: CARIBBEAN SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M) ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/060 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST ERUPTION DETAILS: SERIES OF ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS. OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 15/2345Z. OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL100 MOVING W 20 KNOTS. FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS. REMARKS: ASH IS NOT CURRENTLY SEEN IN EARLY VISIBLE IMAGERY AND THERE IS NO HOTSPOT DETECTED IN GOES-8 CHANNEL 2 IMAGERY. HOWEVER...CLOUDS ARE OBSCURING THE SUMMIT THIS MORNING. ANY ASH EMISSIONS FROM THE VOLCANO WOULD MOVE WEST AT 20 KNOTS. ANALYST...RUMINSKI NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN16/1830Z. NNNN