FVXX20 KWBC 192200
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003JAN19/1600Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/070
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUADALUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING
       
ERUPTION DETAILS: FAINT ASH AND STEAM EMISSION.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 19/2115Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 N1640W6211 N1632W6259 N1631W6332 N1645W6349
N1658W6339 N1703W6300 N1649W6211. MOVING W 15 TO 25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: ROCKFALLS CONTINUE TO MIX ASH INTO THE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE
VOLCANO. A STRONG HOTSPOT HAS ALSO BEEN DETECTED SINCE 1915UTC.  THE ASH
AND STEAM PLUME EXTENDS AROUND 92 NM WEST FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS ROUGHLY
34 NM WIDE.
                          
NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003JAN20/04000Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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