FVXX20 KWBC 181330 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1330 UTC 18 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-092 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FORM THE 18/0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ROCKFALLS GENERATING LOW LEVEL ASH CLOUD. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 18/1245 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUDS OVER THE AREA MAKING DETECTION OF ASH DIFFICULT. ASH WAS LAST SEEN IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN ADDITION ASH WAS NOT SEEN DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. . TRAJECTORY: ANY REMAINING ASH AT FL030 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10-15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. . 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