FVXX20 KWBC 200945 CCA
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY - CORRECTION
ISSUED: 2003JAN20/1000Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211 AREA: CARIBBEAN
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/072
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. NOAA-16 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS
FORECAST.
ERUPTION DETAILS: FAINT ASH AND STEAM EMISSION.
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 20/0636Z.
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. WINDS
SFC/FL100 MOVING W 10 TO 15 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
REMARKS: CORRECTION FOR THE NEXT ADVISORY ISSUANCE TIME. AN INTERMITTENT
HOTSPOT HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS INDICATING THAT LOW
LEVEL ASH ACTIVITY IS MOST LIKELY CONTINUING AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER DUE
TO THE LOW LEVEL NATURE OF THE ASH...DETECTION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
DISCERN ASH ON GOES IMAGERY. GFS WINDS FROM THE SFC TO FL100 ARE A BIT
SOUTH OF DUE WEST...GALLINA/BROWN
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN20/1600Z.
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