FVXX20 KWBC 182344
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB18/2345   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/184
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING. MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY REPORT.  LUIS MONOZ MARIN METAR
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 18/2315Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/050 WEST 25 TO 30 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE DAY AT 2115Z SHOWED ASH
EXTENDING 50 NM WEST OF THE VOLCANO WITH METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS
FURTHER WEST OBSCURING POSSIBLE ASH. LUIS MONOZ MARIN ON PUERTO
RICO REPORTED VOLCANIC ASH IN THEIR SURFACE OBSERVATION AT 2300Z.
THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY ESTIMATED THE HEIGHT AT FL050.
          
TO OBTAIN VAA FROM THE WASHINGTON VAAC EMAIL NOTIFICATION SEE THE
WEB PAGE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/subscribe.html (ALL LETTERS
IN ADDRESS ARE IN LOWER CASE EXCEPT VAAC).  THE WASHINGTON VAAC
WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION UP AND
RUNNING.  HOWEVER IT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL METHOD OF
DISTRIBUTION.
      
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB19/0600Z.

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