FVXX23 KWBC 281930
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1930 UTC 28 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-024    WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3,000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  28/1200 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR
SOUNDING.  6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 28/1200 UTC AVIATION
MODEL.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH PLUME....BEGINNING TIME UNKNOWN.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
28/1845 UTC SHOWS AN ASH PLUME EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH AWAY
FROM THE VOLCANO.  THE PLUME IS 25 KM (13 NMI)IN LENGTH AND 10
KM (5NMI) WIDE AND EXTENDS TO THE POINT 1630N 6216W.  BASED ON
THIS MORNINGS GUADELOUPE SOUNDING AND MODEL FORECAST DATA THE
ASH IS BELIEVED TO BE AT FL060.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL060 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 5KT.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 29/0130 UTC.
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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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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WALTER
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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