FVXX20 KWBC 012358 CCA
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUE: 2003AUG01/2359Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/603
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY.  GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION STARTING AT 01/1015Z
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 01/2245Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. 
WINDS SFC/FL100 MOVING W 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS. 
 
REMARKS: CORRECTION TO WIND DIRECTION.  CURRENT SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 01/2245Z SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF
SCATTERED CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO. 
THIS AND DARKNESS IS MAKING ASH DETECTION DIFFICULT.  THE
PREVIOUS ASH PLUME WAS VISIBLE IN THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY
BUT CANNOT BE SEEN IN IR OR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003AUG02/0530Z 

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