FVXX23 KWBC 091930 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 1930 UTC 09 AUG 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-129 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. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: NEARLY CONTINUOUS ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 09/1915 UTC SHOWS A HAZINESS TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT MIXED WITH CLOUDS THAT MAY CONTAIN ASH. MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY SHOWS A HOT SPOT AT 1732 UTC AND ANOTHER HOT SPOT AT 1845 UTC. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS CONFIRMED TWO MINOR ERUPTIONS DURING THE DAY. THE MOST RECENT HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT OF ANY ASH PRESENT IS FL050. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH PRESENT FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL050 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT UP TO 15 KNOTS. OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/0130 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