FVXX21 KWBC 260042
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003APR26/0100Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 
                              
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/443
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0015Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1658W06334.  ASH IS MOVING W 5-10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS:  MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH EXTENDING TO
THE WEST OF THE VOLCANO. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED AT FL060 AND THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE PLUME IS APPROXIMATELY 60 NM TO THE WEST OF
THE SUMMIT. 

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR26/0700Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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