FVXX21 KWBC 211624
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY           
ISSUED: 2003MAY21/1630Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/544
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST 

ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 21/1545Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL120 N1643W06211 N1651W06146 N1716W06118
N1730W06122 N1739W06141 N1738W06209 N1643W06211  MOVING NE 10-15
KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: VISIBLE IMAGES THROUGH 1545Z SHOWED A VERY THIN AND
FAINT PLUME OF ASH TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE VOLCANO.  THIS
THIN ASH EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 65 NM FROM THE VOLCANO.  HOTSPOT
ACTIVITY IS CONTINUING.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAY21/2230Z 

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