FVXX20 KWBC 021230
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB02/1230Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/124
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING. GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/1145Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 20 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1712W06253. ASH IS MOVING NW 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: EARLY MORNING VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF
ASH AND STEAM MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE ASH IS
ESTIMATED TO FL070 AND IS MOVING NW AT 10 KNOTS. A HOT SPOT CAN
STILL BE DETECTED IN SHORTWAVE IMAGERY.
                     
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB02/1830Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"