FVXX22 KNES 090555
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2006APR09/0554Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643 W06210   AREA: W_INDIES

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/208

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 09/0345Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL080 MOVING TO SW 5-20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 09/1000Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 09/1600Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 09/2200Z 

REMARKS: NO ASH OR HOTSPOTS CAN BE SEEN IN
INFRARED OR MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 0345Z. 
BEFORE NIGHTFALL VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED A 7NM WIDE
ASH PLUME  EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT TOWARD THE
WEST SOUTHWEST. THE PLUME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE
BELOW ABOUT FL080. ...

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2006APR09/1200Z

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