FVXX22 KWBC 270100 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0100 UTC 27 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-094 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS LOW LEVEL EMISSIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0045 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY ASH. THE LAST USEABLE VISIBLE IMAGERY AT 2115 UTC SHOWED A LOW LEVEL PLUME EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY TO THE POINT 1700N 6400W. THIS PLUME WAS ABOUT 100 NMI LONG AND UP TO 10 NMI WIDE. THE MONTSERRAT OBSERVATORY INDICATED A MIXTURE OF STEAM AND ASH AT FL030 BEING PRODUCED BY ROCKFALLS. . TRAJECTORY: WEST AT 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/0700 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. . NNNN