FVXX20 KWBC 121430
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN12/1430Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/048
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY.  12Z GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: SERIES OF ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 12/1402Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 12 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1649W06314.  ASH IS MOVING W 20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: A PLUME OF FAIRLY THICK ASH EXTENDS FROM THE VOLCANO TOWARD THE
WEST.  THE PLUME IS ABOUT 12 NM WIDE AT ITS WIDEST PART AND 62 KM LONG.
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN12/2030Z.

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