FVXX20 KWBC 232150
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN23/2150Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/086
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.   
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/2115Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1643W06210 N1715W06250 N1715W06256 N1659W06313
N1639W06317 N1635W06310 N1639W06254 1639W06224 N1643W06210 MOVING W AT
15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2115Z SHOWS THE ASH PLUME HAS THINNED
AND IS MOVING WEST WITH SOME NORTHWEST COMPONENT TO THE HIGHER ASH. THE
PLUME EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 62 NM FROM THE ISLAND.  HOT SPOT ACTIVITY IS
CONTINUING.
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN24/0400Z.

NNNN
"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

""