FVXX20 KWBC 170630
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN17/0630Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/063
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: SERIES OF ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 16/2345Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS SFC/FL060
MOVING W 20 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: AS IS OFTEN THE CASE...WITH THE LOSS OF VISIBLE IMAGERY AFTER
SUNSET AN ASH PLUME IS NO LONGER EVIDENT IN SINGLE CHANNEL OR
MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. HOWEVER...A HOTSPOT IS INTERMITTENTLY
SEEN IN GOES-8 CHANNEL 2 IMAGERY.  ANALYST...RUMINSKI
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN17/1230Z.

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