FVXX21 KWBC 040101
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY           
ISSUED: 2003MAY04/0100Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05
LOCATION: N1643W06211    AREA: CARIBBEAN
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915 M) 

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/475
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
UPPER AIR SOUNDING  
                   
ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 04/0015Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. WINDS
SFC/FL060 MOVING W 20 KNOTS. WINDS FL060/FL100 MOVING S 10-15
KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
 
REMARKS: NO ASH OR HOTSPOT CAN BE SEEN IN THE MULTISPECTRAL OR
INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0015Z. PRIOR TO NIGHTFALL A
PLUME OF ASH TO FL060 MOVING WESTWARD AND ASH TO FL100 MOVING
SOUTHWARD COULD BE SEEN IN THE VISIBLE IMAGERY...BROWN

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003MAY04/0700Z.

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