FVXX22 KWBC 121415 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1415 UTC 12 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-261 WEST INDIES 16.7N 62.2W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915 M) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT ERUPTION DETAILS: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS AN ERUPTION OF THE SOUFRIERE VOLCANO AT 1310 UTC TO FL100 WITH ASH MOVING WEST. DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO DEFINITE ASH SIGNATURES ARE VISIBLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY ALTHOUGH THERE IS EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS IN THE AREA. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR DATA SUGGESTS ASH AT OR BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE WEST AT 10KT. 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 www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 12/2000 UTC. PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN