FVXX20 KWBC 190300
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0300 UTC 19 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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GUAGUA PICHINCHA 99-097      ECUADOR 0.17S 78.60W 
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BACKGROUND:    GUAGUA PICHINCHA ECUADOR (1502-02)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT    15695 FT (4784 M)  
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GEOLOGICAL PERSONNEL IN QUITO...GOES-8 
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. UPPER AIR WIND REPORTS FROM THE INSTITUTO
GEOFISICO IN QUITO.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: THE INSTITUTO GEOFISICO REPORTED A MAJOR ERUPTION
AROUND 0227 UTC. HEIGHT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AVAILABLE HAS NOT
CAPTURED THE ERUPTION. WE WILL SEND OUT ANOTHER MESSAGE AS SOON
AS IMAGERY SHOWS THE ERUPTION.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL300 WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST
AT 15 TO 20 KTS. ASH ABOVE FL300 TO FL350 WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST
AT 25 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 STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ASAP.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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KARST
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