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.

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