FVXX20 KWBC 291856
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003MAR29/1900Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/343
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 29/1815Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1643W06211 N1653W06238 N1655W06317
N1636W06350 N1628W06350 N1616W06334 N1633W06258 N1635W06210
N1643W06211 MOVING SW 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 29/1815Z SHOWS A LARGE
AREA OF ASH DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AWAY FROM THE
SUMMIT.  THIS AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 100 NM IN LENGTH AND 25 NM IN
WIDTH....WALTER 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAR30/0100Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"