FVXX22 KWBC 280900 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0900 UTC 28 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SAN CRISTOBAL 00-060 NICARAGUA 1242N 8700W . BACKGROUND: SAN CRISTOBAL NICARAGUA (1404-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 5725 FT (1745M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. AVIATION MODEL WINDS FORECAST. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS LOW LEVEL ASH AND GAS EMISSION. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0815 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY ASH AT THIS TIME IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH TO FL080 WOULD MOVE TO THE SOUTWEST AT 10 TO 15 KTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 28/1500 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. . KARST . NNNN