FVXX20 KWBC 020051
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003APR02/0100Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211 AREA: CARIBBEAN
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/357
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY . GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/0015Z.
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1642W06208 NN1700W6209 MOVING NW 5-10 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
REMARKS: GOES-12 SATELLITE IMAGERY IS DRIFTING A BIT AT THIS
TIME. MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A SMALL PLUME OF ASH ESTIMATED
AT FL100 MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 5-10 KNOTS.
THE ASH APPEARS TO EXTEND 18 NMI FROM THE SUMMIT. SHORTWAVE
IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS A HOTSPOT AT THE SUMMIT. TEB
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR02/0700Z.
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