FVXX20 KWBC 140447
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR14/0450Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/277
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: NEARLY CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 13/0345Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL090 X NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1636W06351 MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 14/0345Z SHOWS A THIN ASH
PLUME EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 100 NM WEST OF THE VOLCANO.  AN
OCCASIONAL HOTSPOT HAS BEEN NOTED IN SHORTWAVE IMAGERY.   

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR14/1100Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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