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 NNNN