FVXX23 KWBC 090130 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 0130 UTC 09 AUG 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-126 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8.. INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 09/0000 UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. ERUPTION DETAILS: NEARLY CONTINUOUS ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES 8 IMAGERY THROUGH 0115 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY ASH BUT EARLIER VISIBLE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO SHOW A FAINT INDISTINCT PLUME OF GAS AND POSSIBLE ASH EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT WESTWARD FOR ABOUT 90KM (50 NMI). THE HEIGHT IS PROBABLY NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SUMMIT LEVEL OR UP TO FL050. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH PRESENT FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL050 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/0730 UTC. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES 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