FVXX23 KWBC 280430 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0430 UTC 28 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-022 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3,000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 0000 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL HOT SPOT IN NEAR INFRARED IMAGERY . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE NEAR INFRARED IMAGE AT 28/0145 UTC SHOWED A POSSIBLE HOT SPOT AT THE VOLCANO. NO ASH PLUME WAS EVIDENT HOWEVER THROUGH 0345 UTC SATELLITE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH UP TO FL080 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTH AT 10 KTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS 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. . KARST . NNNN