FVXX20 KWBC 040300
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN04/0300Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS   1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/013
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. 
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/0215Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL050 MOVING W 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: THE ASH HAS BECOME TOO THIN TO BE OBSERVED IN INFRARED
AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL050.
                           
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN04/0900Z.

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