FVXX20 KWBC 260608
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB26/0630Z   VAAC: WASHINGTON

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

SUMMIT ELEVATION: 3000 FT (915M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/212
 
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. 
 
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS.
 
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 26/0415Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL080 20 NM LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1643W06211 N1709W06309. ASH IS MOVING NW 20-25 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS.
 
REMARKS: MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 26/0415Z SHOWS POSSIBLE
ASH EXTENDING TO THE NORTHWEST FROM THE SUMMIT. EXACT ASH
BOUNDARIES ARE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT. A HOT SPOT IS
DETECTED IN SHORTWAVE IMAGERY. ASH IT ESTIMATED TO FL080.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB26/1230Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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