FVXX22 KWBC 220810
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT 
ISSUED 0810 UTC 22 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-042          WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED...MULTISPECTRAL AND
FOG/STRATUS PRODUCT IMAGERY. 22/0600 UTC UPPER WIND FORECAST
FROM THE 22/0000 UTC AVN MODEL.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: MAJOR ERUPTIONS 20/2340 UTC AND 21/0530 UTC. 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL AND FOG/STRATUS
IMAGERY THROUGH 0715 UTC SHOWS AN AREA OF POSSIBLE DIFFUSE ASH
WITHIN 2 DEGREES OF POINT 2130N 4418W. THIS CLOUD IS PRESENTLY
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST (70 DEGREES). THE ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF
THIS CLOUD IS TO FL150. AN EXTRAPOLATION OF THIS CLOUD WAS NOT
OBTAINED DUE TO LACK OF DATA DURING THE GOES-8 ECLIPSE. A
ROUGH ESTIMATION WOULD PLACE THE CLOUD IN THE TOLOUSE VAAC
AIRSPACE BY 1200 UTC. 
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TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR PATTERNS SUGGEST ANY ASH AT THIS
POSITION TO FL150 WOULD BE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40
KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS EVENT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE
TOLOUSE VAAC. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE TOLOUSE
VAAC BY 22/1400 UTC. 
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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