FVXX22 KWBC 180000 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2003FEB18/0000Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: SANTA MARIA 1402-03 LOCATION: N1445W09133 AREA: GUATEMALA SUMMIT ELEVATION: 12375 FT (3772 M) ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/002 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GUATEMALA VOLCANO INSTITUTE (INSIVUMEH). GFS MODEL FORECAST. ERUPTION DETAILS: EXPLOSIONS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/2315Z. OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL100 ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE. WINDS SFC/FL100 MOVING SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS. FCST ASH CLOUD+6H: SEE SIGMETS. REMARKS: AN ASH PLUME WAS SEEN IN GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY EARLIER TODAY. 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: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES. NNNN