FVXX20 KWBC 010700
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB01/0700Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/119
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
UPPER AIR SOUNDING
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 01/0615Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL070 MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH WAS EITHER TOO LOW OR THIN TO BE DETECTED IN
SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0615Z.  AN INTERMITTENT HOT SPOT HAS
BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS AND IS OCCASIONALLY VERY BRIGHT.
                     
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB01/1300Z.

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