FVXX20 KWBC 221039
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/1040Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/196
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/1002Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 12 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1641W06208 N1634W06247 N1651W06339.  ASH IS MOVING W 15-20
KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 22/1002Z SHOWS A THIN PLUME OF
ASH AND STEAM EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 88 NM TO THE WEST OF THE
ISLAND.  HOTSPOT ACTIVITY CONTINUES.
          
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 2003FEB22/1630Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"