FVXX20 KWBC 271330 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001FEB27/0730Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: SOUFRIERE HILLS 1600-05 LOCATION: 1643N 6211W AREA: CARIBBEAN . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/131 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS PRODUCING A LOW LEVEL ASH PLUME. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTS THAT THE VOLCANO HAS RETURNED TO A MORE NORMAL LEVEL OF ACTIVITY. THE OBSERVATORY REPORTS OCCASIONAL ROCKFALLS WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL ASH BEING PRODUCED. AN OCCASIONAL HOTSPOT IS OBSERVED ON SHORTWAVE IMAGERY. VISIBLE IMAGERY THROUGH 1245 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS OVER THE REGION MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY ASH AT THIS TIME. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH BELOW FL100 SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/1930Z. . 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. . NNNN