FVXX20 KNES 122309
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20060912/2309Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/518

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ASH EMISSIONS.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 12/2245Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 15NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1643 W06212 - N1617 W06346. ASH IS MOVING W 0-5
KNOTS. SFC/FL120 10NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN N1706
W06223 - N1643 W06211. ASH IS MOVING N 10 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 13/0500Z SFC/FL080 15NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1636 W06346 - N1642 W06214.
SFC/FL120 10NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN N1708 W06217 -
N1643 W06211. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 13/1100Z NOT AVBL.

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 13/1700Z NOT AVBL.

REMARKS: LATE DAY VISIBLE ALONG WITH
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH
EXTENDING TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH OF THE
SUMMIT.  THE MOTION AND GFS WINDS SUGGEST THAT
ONE ASH PLUME EXTENDS ABOUT 90 NMI TO THE WEST AT
FL080.  THE OTHER PLUME EXTENDS ABOUT 30 NMI TO
THE NORTHWEST AT FL120.  A HOTSPOT CAN
OCCASIONALLY BE SEEN AT THE SUMMIT. ...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20060913/0515Z

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