FVXX22 KWBC 262000
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 2000 UTC 26 OCTOBER 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-241    WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W  
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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...GOES-8
VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AND 26/1200 UTC ST
MARTIN UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 26/1045 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 26/1815 UTC
SHOWS ASH FROM THIS MORNINGS ERUPTION HAS THINNED AND IS SPREADING
OUT AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE ISLAND.  THE PLUME EXTENDS 110 KM (60
NMI) FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS ROUGHLY 79 KM (43 NMI) NORTH TO SOUTH
AND 55 KM (30 NMI) EAST TO WEST AT THE WIDEST POINTS OF THE PLUME.
CURRENTLY THE PLUME MAY BE DESCRIBED AS ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY POINTS
16.97N 62.53W TO  16.24N 63.01W AND 17.00N 63.23W.  BASED ON THE
MOVEMENT SEEN ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND THE ST MARTIN SOUNDING
THE PLUME IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT FL150.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH UP TO FL150 WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10-15 KTS.
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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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OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 27/0200 UTC.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"