FVXX21 KWBC 270103
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003APR27/0100Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 
                              
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/447
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.    
              
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 27/0015Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL060 10 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1724W06314. ASH IS MOVING NW 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: THE LATEST MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH
EXTENDING TO THE NORTHWEST. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED AT FL060. THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE ASH IS APPROXIMATELY 85 NM FROM THE SUMMIT.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR27/0700Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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