FVXX22 KWBC 150600 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0600 UTC 15 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-085 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. 06 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15/0000 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ERUPTION OF STEAM AND ASH . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 15/0515 UTC SHOWS HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE AREA OF THE VOLCANO WITH NO ASH DETECTED. ASH WAS LAST SEEN ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 14/2002 UTC WITH AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT BEING AT OR BELOW FL050. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL050 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 5-10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 15/1200 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. . WALTER . NNNN