FVXX21 KWBC 102000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED 2000 UTC 10 OCT 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-268    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. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT
1200 UTC GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS PRODUCING LOW LEVEL ASH AND STEAM
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
10/1932 UTC  SHOWS A LOW LEVEL PLUME EXTENDING FROM THE
VOLCANO TO APPROXIMATELY THE POINT 1656N 6237W.  THE PLUME IS
ABOUT 60 KM (35 NMI) LONG AND 5 KM 3(NMI) WIDE AND IS  MOVING
TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. THE MONTSERRAT
VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS OCCASIONAL ROCKFALL PRODUCING
STEAM AND ASH AT OR BELOW FL050.

TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL050 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST
AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 11/0200 UTC.
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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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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"