FVXX22 KNES 281142
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006MAR28/1142Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/162

INFORMATION SOURCE: PIARCO MWO. GOES-12. GFS
WINDS. MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING WIND BLOWN LIGHT ASH AND
STEAM

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 28/1115Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL050 MOVING TO W 10 KNOTS.
FL050/FL070 MOVING TO SW 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 28/1730Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 28/2330Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 29/0530Z 

REMARKS: EARLY MORNING VISIBLE AND IR IMAGERY
SHOWS A BAND OF CIRRUS CLOUDS OBSCURING ANY LIGHT
ASH FROM THE VOLCANO. MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS
INTERMITTANT HOTSPOT ACTIVITY BEGINNING AROUND
0715Z. ...MERCKLE

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006MAR28/1745Z

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