FVXX22 KNES 100341
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006FEB10/0340Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1642 W06210   AREA: W_INDIES

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/023

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS MODEL WINDS.
RADIOSONDE. MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: INCREASED ACTIVITY BEGINNING
AROUND 0045Z

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 10/0245Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 40NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1644 W06300 - N1643 W06214. ASH IS MOVING W 10-15
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 10/0900Z SFC/FL150 35NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1657 W06341 - N1643 W06213. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 10/1500Z SFC/FL150 25NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1722 W06408 - N1643 W06213. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 10/2100Z SFC/FL150 25NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1740 W06433 - N1643 W06213. 

REMARKS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
REPORTS THAT A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IS NOW
TAKING PLACE. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A HOTSPOT
AND A MORE PROMINENT AND HIGHER LEVEL ASH PLUME
BEGINNING AROUND 0045Z. THIS NEW PLUME HEIGHT IS
ESTIMATED AT FL150 AND IS MOVING TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST. THE EARLIER LOWER LEVEL PLUME IS
LIKELY TO THE SOUTH AND EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF THE VOLCANO. ...RUMINSKI

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006FEB10/0945Z

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