FVXX21 KWBC 140547
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY           
ISSUED: 2003MAY14/0600Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/516
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.

ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 14/0515Z.
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL050 MOVING W 15-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0515Z SHOWS SCATTERED LOW
LEVEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO DETECT ASH.  SOME HOT SPOT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SEEN OVER THE
PAST SIX HOURS.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAY14/1200Z

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