FVXX20 KWBC 260250
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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0250 UTC 26 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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GUAGUA PICHINCHA 99-114      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: GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY..REPORTS AND
WINDS ALOFT INFORMATION FROM THE GEOFISICO INSTITUTO .
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ERUPTION DETAILS: AN ERUPTION WAS REPORTED AT 26/0127 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE GEOFISICO INSTITUTO REPORTED A STRONG
ERUPTION AT THE VOLCANO AT 0127 UTC. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
26/0215 UTC SHOWS THE ERUPTION CLOUD MOVING IN TWO DIRECTIONS FROM
THE SUMMIT. ASH ESTIMATED UP TO ROUGHLY FL250 EXTENDS EAST FROM THE
VOLCANO OUT AROUND 40KM (20 NMI) AND WAS ROUGHLY 27 KM (15 NMI)
WIDE.  ASH ESTIMATED FROM ROUGHLY FL250 TO FL400 EXTENDS WEST TO
WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 87 KM (47 NMI) FROM THE SUMMIT AND WAS BOUNDED
BY POINTS 0.17S 78.6W  0.13N 79.1W 0.1S 79.4W 0.3S79.4W 0.3S 78.6W.  
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TRAJECTORY: ASH BELOW FL250 WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TO EAST
AROUND 10 KNOTS. AND ASH BETWEEN FL250 AND FL400 WILL MOVE WEST TO
WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 15 TO 25 KNOTS.  
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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 AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 26/0900 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"