FVXX20 KNES 020709
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 20070302/0708Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3002 FT (915 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2007/175

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12. GFS WINDS. 

ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING EMISSIONS OF ASH AND
GASES

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/0645Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM
SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL050 MOVING TO W 15-20
KNOTS. FL050/FL080 MOVING TO NW 10-15 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: 02/1300Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +12H: 02/1900Z 

FCST ASH CLOUD +18H: 03/0100Z 

REMARKS: ASH IS NOT DISCERNABLE IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY HOWEVER A HOTSPOT WAS PERSISTENT IN
IMAGERY PRIOR TO THE ECLIPSE PERIOD AT 0345Z. IN
THE 2 IMAGES AFTER ECLIPSE THE HOTSPOT IS NO
LONGER EVIDENT. MODEL FORECAST WINDS SUGGEST THE
NORTHWEST MOVEMENT OF ASH ABOVE FL050 WILL BECOME
MORE WESTERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. ...RUMINSKI

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20070302/1315Z