FVXX22 KWBC 230000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0000 UTC 23 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-045          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 IMAGERY THROUGH 2115
UTC.  GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH 2315
UTC. 22/1200 UTC SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE. WIND FORECAST FROM
THE AVIATION MODEL.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW ERUPTION BEGINNING AROUND 22/1115 UTC. 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: FAINT ASH AT OR BELOW FL090 COULD BE
SEEN THROUGH THE LAST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY OF THE DAY. 
IN VISIBLE IMAGERY THROUGH 2115 UTC THE ASH WAS OBSERVED
EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST USUALLY
COVERING GUADELOUPE. 
  HOWEVER SINCE NIGHTFALL NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN IMAGERY
PRESUMABLY BECAUSE DETECTION OF LOW THIN ASH IS DIFFICULT IN
MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGERY.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH AT OR BELOW FL090 IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS 
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 23/0600 UTC.
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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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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