FVXX22 KWBC 250800 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0800 UTC 25 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-055 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...0000 UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ASH EMISSIONS WITH THE LAST SIGNIFICANT ERUPTION AT 25/0430 UTC . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED THAT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY SUBSIDED AROUND 0615Z. THERE REMAINS SOME LOW LEVEL ASH VENTING. THE OBSERVATORY NOTED THAT THE ERUPTING COLUMN FROM THE 0430 UTC ERUPTION REMAINED BELOW FL100. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0715 UTC SHOWED FRONTAL CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT THE LOW LEVEL ASH PLUME. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 25/1400 UTC. . 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. . TURK . NNNN