FVXX20 KWBC 080818
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR08/0830Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/253
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST 
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSIONS OF GASES AND LIGHT ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 08/0745Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL090 MOVING W 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN MULTISPECTRAL OR INFRARED
SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0745Z.  ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO HOTSPOT
THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE NIGHT THE HOTSPOT HAS REAPPEARED IN THE
0745Z IMAGE. YESTERDAY THE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED ROCKFALL
AND OUTGASSING ACTIVITY.  
  
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR08/1430Z

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