FVXX20 KWBC 200400
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN20/0400Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/071
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 AND NOAA-17 IMAGERY. 00Z GUADALUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: FAINT ASH AND STEAM EMISSION.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 20/0241Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 12 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1637W06251.  ASH IS MOVING W 15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: A CONTINUAL HOTSPOT IS PRESENT IN GOES IMAGERY.  THE 0241Z
NOAA-17 PASS OVER THE ISLAND SHOWED A FAINT PLUME OF ASH TO THE WEST OF
THE VOLCANO. MULTI-SPECTRAL GOES IMAGERY CONFIRMS THE ASH BUT IS MUCH
HARDER TO DISCERN IN THE MORE COARSE RESOLUTION. WINDS ARE GENERALLY
LIGHT NEAR THE SURFACE BUT ARE MUCH FASTER NEAR FL100.    
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN20/1000Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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