FVXX22 KWBC 050330 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0330 UTC 05 APR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-062 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. GUADELOUPE 00 UTC SOUNDING DATA. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ASH VENTING BEGINNING AROUND 04/1900 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH TO FL070 EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT NORTHWARD WAS OBSERVED THROUGH THE LAST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES OF APRIL 4. SINCE NIGHTFALL HOWEVER WITH ONLY MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO OBSERVE ASH. DETECTION OF THIN LOW LEVEL ASH IS DIFFICULT WITH MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGERY SO WE CANNOT RULE OUT THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE ASH SEEN EARLIER. . TRAJECTORY: AT 04/2045 UTC ASH WAS OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 5 TO 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 05/0930 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. . STREETT . NNNN