FVXX20 KWBC 270030
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB27/0030Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/215
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 27/0015Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.  WINDS
SFC/FL100 MOVING W 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGES OF THE DAY SHOWED A FAINT PLUME
EXTENDING TO THE WEST AWAY FROM THE SUMMIT APPROXIMATELY 50 NM. 
ASH IS NOT SEEN IN THE CURRENT INFRARED IMAGERY THROUGH 27/0015Z.
HOWEVER A BRIGHT HOTSPOT IS SEEN IN THE MULTI-SPECTRAL
IMAGERY....WALTER

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB27/0630Z.

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