FVXX22 KNES 260450
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006MAR26/0448Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/153

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS.
RADIOSONDE. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0345Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL150 4NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1702 W06159 - N1641 W06210. ASH IS MOVING NE
10-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 26/1000Z SFC/FL150 4NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1703 W06156 - N1643 W06210. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 26/1600Z SFC/FL150 4NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1702 W06158 - N1642 W06210. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 26/2200Z SFC/FL150 4NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1652 W06147 - N1641 W06210. 

REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0345Z SHOWED A
BRILLIANT HOT SPOT AND A POSSIBLE ASH PLUME
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 27 NMI TO THE NORTHEAST OF
THE SUMMIT. THE HEIGHT OF THE ASH TOPS WAS RAISED
BASED ON THIS NEW DIRECTION OF MOTION.  ASH AT
LOWER LEVELS WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AND
NORTH. ...TURK

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006MAR26/1045Z

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