FVXX20 KWBC 091429
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR09/1430Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211 AREA: CARIBBEAN
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/258
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSIONS OF GASES AND LIGHT ASH.
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/0745Z
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL090 24 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1643W06211 N1643W06300 N1621W06342 N1615W06517 MOVING W
18-25 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
REMARKS: MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A SMALL STRONG PLUME.
VISIBLE SATTELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 09/1345Z SHOWS A LARGER VERY
THIN PLUME EXTENDING 185 WEST OF THE VOLCANO. CLOUDS NEAR THE
ISLAND MAY BE INTERMIXING WITH ASH.
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR09/2030Z
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only"
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