FVXX22 KWBC 041043
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED 1043 UTC 04 SEP 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-199    WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W  
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BACKGROUND:    SOUFRIERE HILLS  MONTSERRAT (1600-05)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT (915M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. 
UPPER AIR DATA FROM THE AVIATION MODEL AS WELL AS FROM THE
0000 UTC GUADELOUPE SOUNDING
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ERUPTION DETAILS: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED
AN ERUPTION AT ABOUT 1000 UTC TO AROUND FL100
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE FIRST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGE AT
1015 UTC SHOWED AN ASH PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT TO
1710N6231W OR ROUGHLY 65 KM (35 NMI) TO THE NORTHWEST.  THE
PLUME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT OR BELOW FL100 AND WAS UP TO 12
KM (6 NMI) WIDE.  THE ASH WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST.  A
HOT SPOT CONTINUED TO BE PROMINENT OVER THE VOLCANO IN THE
1015 UTC NEAR INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGE.
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TRAJECTORY: TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 04/1630 UTC OR BEFORE IF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND 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/).
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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TURK 
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