FVXX20 KWBC 080608 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001MAR08/0608Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/157 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL ASH . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO ASH WAS DETECTED IN GOES-8 SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0402Z. THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGES YESTERDAY SHOWED A WELL DEFINED LOW LEVEL PLUME MOVING NORTH FROM THE VOLCANO AND THE PRESENCE OF A HOT SPOT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS SUGGESTED THAT THIS LOW LEVEL ACITIVY WAS CONTINUING. ANY ASH PRESENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE BELOW FL100. . TRAJECTORY: TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/1200Z. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . TURK . NNNN