FVXX20 KWBC 180805
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR18/0830Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/295
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/0715Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1720W06304 MOVING NW 5-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 18/0715Z SHOWS ASH
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 65 NM NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT.  HEIGHT OF
ASH WAS INCREASED TO FL080 BASED ON LATEST GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST....WALTER

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR18/1430Z

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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