FVXX20 KWBC 060402
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR06/0400Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/244
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 06/0345Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL090 MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH IS EITHER TOO THIN OR TOO LOW IN ALTITUDE TO BE
OBSERVED IN INFRARED OR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  AN OCCASIONAL HOT
SPOT CAN BE SEEN IN SHORTWAVE IMAGERY.
 
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR06/1000Z.

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