FVXX20 KWBC 201110
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB20/1110Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/188
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 20/1045Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 6 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1641W06256. ASH IS MOVING W 25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: FIRST VISIBLE IMAGES INDICATED A PLUME EXTENDING
APPROXIMATELY 46 NM TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT. A PROMINENT HOT
SPOT WAS DETECTED MOST OF THE NIGHT.
          
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 2003FEB20/1700Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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