FVXX20 KWBC 221626
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/1630Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/197
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING. PILOT
REPORT.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/1545Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 N1643W06211 N1711W06520 N1616W06523
N1643W06211.  ASH IS MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1545Z SHOWED A LARGE BUT
GENERALLY THIN ASH PLUME EXTENDING TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT FOR
APPROXIMATELY 178 NM.  THE HEIGHT WAS BASED ON A 1532Z PILOT
REPORT.  TURK
          
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 2003FEB22/2230Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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