FVXX20 KWBC 030630
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB03/0630Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/127
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING. GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 03/0545Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1651W06232 N1702W06240 MOVING NW 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH PLUME IS ABOUT 40 NM LONG AND 10 NM WIDE AND IS MUCH
FAINTER THAN 6 HOURS AGO.  HOWEVER A BRIGHT PERSISTENT HOTSPOT
CONTINUES TO BE SEEN IN SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY.
                     
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB03/1230Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"