FVXX20 KNES 270656
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20061227/0656Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2006/768

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 27/0615Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 N1719 W06258 - N1657
W06233 - N1649 W06238 - N1709 W06325 - N1719
W06258 MOVING NW 10-15 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 27/1230Z SFC/FL080 N1819
W06428 - N1753 W06338 - N1732 W06403 - N1750
W06447 - N1819 W06428 SFC/FL080 20NM WIDE LINE
BETWEEN N1706 W06310 - N1643 W06211. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 27/1830Z SFC/FL080 20NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1706 W06310 - N1643 W06210. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 28/0030Z SFC/FL080 20NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1649 W06323 - N1643 W06210. 

REMARKS: TWO SMALL PUFFS OF THIN ASH COULD BE
SEEN USING THE ELLROD MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SINCE
LAST MESSAGE.  THE FIRST BECAME TOO THIN TO SEE
NE OF ST. CROIX AT 0515Z.  THE SECOND IS TO THE
SW OF ST. KITTS AND MOVING NW QUICKLY...BUT ALSO
THINNING OUT QUICKLY AND MAY NOT BE DETECTABLE IN
6HRS.  STILL THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT
THIN ASH AT LOWER LEVELS EXISTS BETWEEN ST. CROIX
AND MONTSERRAT...AND EARLY MORNING VISIBLE
IMAGERY WILL HELP IN DETECTING IT.  A BRIGHT
HOTSPOT CAN BE SEEN AT THE VOLCANO ATTM. 
...GALLINA

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20061227/1300Z

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