FVXX20 KWBC 021230 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001MAR02/1230Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/143 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. WIND FORECAST FROM THE AVIATION MODEL. ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH IS NOT CURRENTLY SEEN IN IMAGERY THROUGH 02/1145Z. THE POSSIBLE AREA OF ASH OBSERVED MOVING WEST THROUGH 02/0630Z IS NOW TOO FAINT TO SEE IN IMAGERY. SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAK INTERMITTENT HOTSPOT AT THE VOLCANO SUMMIT. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/1830Z. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN