FVXX20 KWBC 020630
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB02/0620Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/123
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. UPPER AIR SOUNDING. GFS MODEL
WINDS FORECAST
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 02/0545Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.  WINDS  
SFC/FL070 MOVING NW 10 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ANY ASH IS NOW TOO THIN OR TOO LOW TO SEE IN
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 0545Z BUT A BRIGHT HOTSPOT CAN BE
SEEN IN SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY. AT 2345Z AN FL070 ASH PLUME
WAS SEEN EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT 90 NM TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.
                     
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB02/1230Z.

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