FVXX20 KWBC 180051
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB18/0100   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/180
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL070 20 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1653W06519 MOVING W 25-30 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY INDICATES PLUME EXTENDING
APPROXIMATELY 180 NM WEST OF THE SUMMIT. PLUME IS DIFFUSE. 
          
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 2003FEB18/0700Z.

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