FVXX23 WBC 272215
.
CORRECTED FOR CORRECT MESSAGE NUMBER
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 2215 UTC 27 OCTOBER 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
.
SOUFRIERE HILLS   99-235   WEST INDIES  16.2N 62.7W 
.
BACKGROUND:      SOUFRIERE HILLS   MONTSERRAT  (1600-05)
                 SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT  (915 M)
.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY..GOES-8
VISIBLE..INFRARED..MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AND GUADELOUPE 27/1200 UTC
UPPER AIR SOUNDING.  
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 27/2100 UTC.
.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MVO REPORTS THE VOLCANO ERUPTED AT 27/2100
UTC WITH ASH TO FL090.  THEY DID POINT OUT HOWEVER THE EVENT WAS
STILL ON GOING SO THE ASH COULD POSSIBLY REACH A HIGHER ALTITUDE. 
THE 21/2115 UTC GOES-8 IMAGE SHOWS POSSIBLE SMALL ASH PLUME
EXTENDING TO THE WEST AWAY FROM THE ISLAND. 
.
TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH AT THE REPORTED HEIGHT OR EVEN UP TO FL100 WOULD
MOVE TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 KTS.
.
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/)
.
OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
.
THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 28/0400 UTC.
.
PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.

WALTER/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS
.
NNNN