FVXX22 KWBC 250800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0800 UTC 25 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-055          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: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...0000
UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM GUADELOUPE...INFRARED AND
MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
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ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ASH EMISSIONS WITH THE LAST
SIGNIFICANT ERUPTION AT 25/0430 UTC
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY 
REPORTED THAT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY SUBSIDED AROUND 0615Z.  THERE
REMAINS SOME LOW LEVEL ASH VENTING.  THE OBSERVATORY NOTED
THAT THE ERUPTING COLUMN FROM THE 0430 UTC ERUPTION REMAINED
BELOW FL100. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0715 UTC SHOWED FRONTAL
CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO
DETECT THE LOW LEVEL ASH PLUME.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS 
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 25/1400 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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