FVXX20 KWBC 170319
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY 
ISSUED: 2003APR17/0330 VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/418
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
UPPER AIR SOUNDING.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/0245Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.  WINDS
SFC/FL040 MOVING NW 10 KNOTS. FL050/FL070 MOVING N 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ASH IS TOO THIN TO SEE IN MULTISPECTRAL OR INFRARED
SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0245Z. NO HOTSPOT HAS BEEN SEEN IN
RECENT HOURS. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WIND DIRECTION BUT
INFORMATION IS CONSISTENT THAT WINDS TO FL070 ARE LESS THAN 15
KNOTS.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR17/0930Z

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