FVXX22 KWBC 220810 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0810 UTC 22 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-042 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED...MULTISPECTRAL AND FOG/STRATUS PRODUCT IMAGERY. 22/0600 UTC UPPER WIND FORECAST FROM THE 22/0000 UTC AVN MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: MAJOR ERUPTIONS 20/2340 UTC AND 21/0530 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL AND FOG/STRATUS IMAGERY THROUGH 0715 UTC SHOWS AN AREA OF POSSIBLE DIFFUSE ASH WITHIN 2 DEGREES OF POINT 2130N 4418W. THIS CLOUD IS PRESENTLY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST (70 DEGREES). THE ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF THIS CLOUD IS TO FL150. AN EXTRAPOLATION OF THIS CLOUD WAS NOT OBTAINED DUE TO LACK OF DATA DURING THE GOES-8 ECLIPSE. A ROUGH ESTIMATION WOULD PLACE THE CLOUD IN THE TOLOUSE VAAC AIRSPACE BY 1200 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR PATTERNS SUGGEST ANY ASH AT THIS POSITION TO FL150 WOULD BE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS EVENT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE TOLOUSE VAAC. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE TOLOUSE VAAC BY 22/1400 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . HUGHES . NNNN