FVXX20 KWBC 020959
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR02/1000Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/229
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. 00Z GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/0915Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD:  SFC/FL070 14 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1643W06211 N1643W06412. ASH MOVING W 20 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THE FAINT LOW LEVEL ASH PLUME EXTENDS WEST(270 DEGREES)
FROM THE SUMMIT AROUND 120 NM AND IS ROUGHLY 14 NM WIDE. A HOT
SPOT CAN BE OCCASIONALLY DETECTED.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR02/1600Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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