FVXX22 KWBC 231730 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1730 UTC 23 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-048 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. WIND FORECAST FROM THE 23/0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: LAST ERUPTION WAS AROUND 22/1115 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1645 UTC SHOWS CLOUDS OVER THE ISLAND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY ASH OR STEAM. THE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED THAT YESTERDAY THE VOLCANO WAS VENTING LOW LEVEL ASH AND STEAM BUT TODAY THE CLOUDS PREVENT THEM FROM OBSERVING THE VOLCANO. . TRAJECTORY: ACCORDING TO THE AVIATION MODEL IF THERE WAS ANY ASH EMITTED FROM THE VOLCANO UP TO FL090 IT WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST 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