FVXX20 KWBC 240400
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN24/0400Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/087
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.   
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/0315Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 13 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1731W06225.  ASH IS MOVING N 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ASH PLUME EXTENDING FROM
SUMMIT TOWARD NORTH.  PLUME IS 46 NM LONG AND 13 NM WIDE.  CONTINUOUS
HOTSPOT SEEN IN SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY.
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN24/1000Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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