FVXX20 KWBC 232230
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/2230Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/202
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/2202Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 25 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1644W06207 N1708W06409.  ASH IS MOVING W 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 2202Z CONTINUED TO SHOW A
PLUME OF GASES AND LIGHT ASH EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 118 NM WEST
(283 DEGREES) FROM THE SUMMIT. A HOTSPOT IS ALSO OCCASIONALLY
DETECTED.  
          
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 2003FEB24/0430Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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