FVXX20 KWBC 222234
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/2230Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/198
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/2115Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 11 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1704W06313 N1644W06209 ASH MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2115Z SHOWED A SHORTER BUT
GENERALLY THINNING PLUME EXTENDING TO THE WEST (290 DEGREES) FROM 
THE ISLAND APPROXIMATELY 63 NM. THE HOT SPOT FADED AROUND 1915Z
INDICATING A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY. 
          
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 2003FEB23/0430Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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