FVXX22 KWBC 291500 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1500 UTC 29 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SAN CRISTOBAL 00-065 NICARAGUA 1242N 8700W . BACKGROUND: SAN CRISTOBAL NICARAGUA (1404-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 5725 FT (1745M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. INETER VOLCANO INSTITUTE REPORT. CHINANDEGA (MNCH) SURFACE OBSERVATION. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS LOW LEVEL GAS EMISSION. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THRU 29/1415 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY PLUME FROM THE VOLCANO. THE VOLCANO INSTITUTE REPORTS MOSTLY GASES HAVE BEEN BEING EMITTED FROM THE VOLCANO WITH VERY LITTLE ASH CONTENT. THE SURFACE OBSERVATION FROM CHINANDEGA REPORTING REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY DUE TO ASH IS ALSO MOSTLY DUE TO GASES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AREA. . TRAJECTORY: N/A. . OUTLOOK: NONE. . THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT UNTIL AND ASH ERUPTION IS REPORTED OR DETECTED IN IMAGERY. . 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. . NNNN