FVXX22 KWBC 130245 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0245 UTC 13 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-013 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3,000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: THE MVO REPORTED AN EVENT OCCURRING AT 13/0220 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 13/0232 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS OVER AND AROUND THE ISLAND MAKING DETECTION OF ASH DIFFICULT. THE MVO REPORTED ASH MOVING TOWARD THE WEST BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY HEIGHT ESTIMATION. . TRAJECTORY: ASH IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 13/0845 UTC. . 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/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . WALTER . NNNN