FVXX20 KWBC 231600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN23/1600Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/085
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.   
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1515Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1643W06211 N1643W06223 N1657W06238 N1645W06248
N1648W06258 N1632W06228 N1631W06220 N1643W06211 MOVING W AT 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THICK ASH PLUME SINCE ABOUT 1345Z EXTENDS TO THE SOUTHWEST
12NMI FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS MOVING AT 15-20 KNOTS.  THIN ASH PLUME
EXTENDS WEST 46 NMI FROM SUMMIT. BALDWIN
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN23/2200Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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