FVXX22 KWBC 220200
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT 
ISSUED 0200 UTC 22 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-041         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. 22/0000 UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM
GUADELOUPE.  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT. VAFTAD
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ERUPTION DETAILS: MAJOR ERUPTION BEGINNING 20/2340 UTC WITH
ANOTHER ERUPTION STARTING AROUND 21/0530 UTC. 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH HAS BECOME TOO FAINT TO DEFINITIVELY
IDENTIFY IT IN MULTISPECTRAL OR INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115 UTC. HOWEVER THE 0115 UTC MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE
DOES HAVE A VERY FAINT AREA OF POSSIBLE ASH WITHIN 2 DEGREES
OF 19N49W.  
  THE LAST VISIBLE IMAGERY OF THE DAY SHOWED VERY FAINT ASH AT
ABOUT FL150 MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST.  BOTH THE VAFTAD
AND THE ASH MOVEMENT SEEN IN THE VISIBLE IMAGERY SUGGEST THAT
AT ABOUT 22/0200 UTC THE ASH WOULD REACH AS FAR AS ABOUT
21N49W.  BASED ON MODEL DATA A LIKELY AREA OF ASH IS
APPROXIMATELY WITHIN 4 DEGREES OF 20N51W.
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TRAJECTORY: THIN ASH AT ABOUT FL150 IS MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 22/0800 UTC.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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STREETT
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