FVXX20 KWBC 080227
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR08/0230Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/252
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT. 
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING EMISSIONS OF GASES AND LIGHT ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 08/0145Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL090 MOVING W 15-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
08/0145Z DUE TO OCCASIONAL WEATHER CLOUDS. THE VOLCANO
OBSERVATORY REPORTS CONTINUING ROCKFALL AND OUTGASSING ACTIVITY.  
  
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR08/0830Z

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