FVXX22 KWBC 171615 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1615 UTC 17 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-263 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 REPORTED AN ERUPTION OF THE SOUFRIERE VOLCANO AT 1535 UTC TO AT LEAST FL100. THE LATEST GOES-8 SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1530 UTC SHOWS DENSE CLOUDS OVER THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE LENNY. DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH WAS NEVER OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM THIS EVENT ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS IN THE AREA. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR DATA SUGGESTS ASH AT OR BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. . 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 AT 17/2300 UTC PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN