FVXX20 KWBC 260030 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 0030 UTC 26 AUG 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-176 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUADELOUPE UPPER AIR SOUNDING. SIX HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 25/1800 UTC AVIATION MODEL. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: LOW LEVEL ASH EMISSIONS . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH IS NOT SEEN ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 25/2345 UTC. HOWEVER A WELL DEFINED HOTSPOT IS VISIBLE IN THE SHORTWAVE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ASH AT OR BELOW FL070 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 26/0630 UTC. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES 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