FVXX20 KWBC 061549
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR06/1550Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/246
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 06/1515Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL090 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W6211 N1643W6300.  ASH IS MOVING W 25-30 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SCATTERED CLOUDS AROUND THE ISLAND MAY BE OBSCURING SOME
ASH.  SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1515Z SHOWED A THIN ASH PLUME TO
THE WEST OF THE ISLAND INTERMIXED WITH SOME CLOUDS. NO HOT SPOT
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NOTED ... BUT IT MAY ALSO BE OBSCURED.
  
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR06/2200Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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