FVXX20 KWBC 161704
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUE: 2003JUL16/1700Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/596
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY.  UPPER AIR SOUNDING. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: NEAR CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF ASH AND GASES.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/1615Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 6 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING
BETWEEN N1643W06211 N1650W06216 N1658W06227 N1702W06239.  ASH
IS MOVING NW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.  
 
REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1615 SHOWED A PLUME
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 34 NM TO THE NW OF THE SUMMIT. 
TURK/SHIRK/BLAKE

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUL16/2300Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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