FVXX20 KWBC 131338
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUE: 2003JUL13/1330Z VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/579
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-12 IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.

ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW ERUPTION AROUND 13/1315Z. 
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 13/1315Z
 
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL500 ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE
DATA. WINDS SFC/FL500 MOVING NE 35-40 KNOTS. WINDS SFC/FL090
MOVING W AT 25 KNOTS. FL100/FL300 MOVING NW 15-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.  
 
REMARKS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED A MAJOR
EXPLOSION AT ABOUT 1315Z TO UNKNOWN HEIGHT. ASH WAS NOT SEEN
IN THE 1315Z. NEW ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED WHEN MORE
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JUL13/1930Z.

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