FVXX22 KWBC 141730 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1730 UTC 14 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-083 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ERUPTION OF STEAM AND POSSIBLE ASH . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD:SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1715 UTC DOES NOT SHOW THE A LOW LEVEL PLUME SEEN EARLIER BUT THIS MIGHT BE DUE TO THE HIGHER SUN ANGLE. SHORTWAVE IMAGERY INDICATES A HOT SPOT AT THE VOLCANO. HEIGHT WAS EARLIER ESTIMATED AT FL030-050. TRAJECTORY: WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 5-10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/2330 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. . NNNN