FVXX20 KWBC 142349 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2003FEB15/0000Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: N1643W06211 AREA: CARIBBEAN SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M) ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/174 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS. OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 14/2315Z. OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/080 MOVING W 20 TO 25 KNOTS. FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS. REMARKS: BEFORE NIGHT FELL ON THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT A PLUME OF ASH COULD BE SEEN THROUGH A BREAK IN THE WEATHER CLOUDS MOVING NW FROM THE VOLCANO. SINCE THEN SCATTERED WEATHER CLOUDS HAVE MOVED OVER THE AREA MAKING ASH DETECTION DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA FOR ANY MAJOR CHANGES IN ASH HEIGHT OR MOVEMENT DIRECTION...GALLINA TO OBTAIN VAA FROM THE WASHINGTON VAAC EMAIL NOTIFICATION SEE THE WEB PAGE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/subscribe.html(ALL LETTERS IN ADDRESS ARE IN LOWER CASE EXCEPT VAAC). THE WASHINGTON VAAC WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION UP AND RUNNING. HOWEVER IT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION. NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB15/0600Z. NNNN