FVXX20 KNES 131316
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070213/1316Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/107

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH EMISSIONS.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 13/1245Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL090 40NM WIDE LINE BETWEEN
N1642 W06213 - N1620 W06611. ASH IS MOVING W 24
KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 13/1900Z SFC/FL090 30NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1642 W06213 - N1617 W06610. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 14/0100Z SFC/FL090 20NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1642 W06213 - N1616 W06608. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 14/0700Z SFC/FL090 20NM WIDE
LINE BETWEEN N1643 W06213 - N1616 W06613. 

REMARKS: UPDATED FOR EXTENT AND HEIGHT OF ASH
PLUME.  LATER VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS AN ASH DEBRIS
FIELD WIDENING AND EXTENDING ABOUT 225 NMI TO THE
WEST OF THE VOLCANO OR TO JUST WEST OF 66W.  THE
MOVEMENT OF 24 KTS BASED ON SATELLITE OBSERVATION
AND THE HEIGHT RAISED TO AN ESTIMATED FL090 TO
REFLECT STRONG EMISSIONS, A VIVID HOTSPOT AND
CORELATION WITH MODEL WINDS. ...BALDWIN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070213/1915Z

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