FVXX20 KWBC 042100
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN04/2100Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/016
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT.
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: ONGOING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/2015Z

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

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: ASH CAN NOT BE SEEN IN SATELLITE DATA DUE TO CLOUDS IN
THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
REPORTS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEISMIC ACTIVITY
TODAY. ASH IS ESTIMATED UP TO FL050.
                           
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN05/0300Z.

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