FVXX21 KWBC 290651
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003APR29/0700Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
                              
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 
                              
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/456
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY.
                   
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUED EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 29/0615Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL070 MOVING NW 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: ASH CANNOT BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 29/0615Z
AS WEATHER CLOUD ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION.  THE MONTSERRAT
VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INDICATED ASH DETECTION WAS DIFFICULT AT THE
PRESENT TIME DUE TO WEATHER CLOUDS NEAR THE SUMMIT AND BECAUSE IT
WAS NIGHT TIME.  HOT SPOT ACTIVITY HAS SUBSIDED AND CANNOT BE
SEEN IN MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY.  VISIBLE IMAGERY IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS MAY INDICATE ASH SO AN UPDATED VAA MAY BE ISSUED BEFORE
29/1300Z....KIBLER  

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003APR29/1300Z.

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