FVXX20 KWBC 070350 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0350 UTC 07 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . GUAGUA PICHINCHA 00-082 ECUADOR 0011S 7836W . BACKGROUND: GUAGUA PICHINCHA ECUADOR (1502-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 15695 FT (4784 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO . ERUPTION DETAILS: VERY MINOR GAS AND ASH EMISSION WAS AROUND 07/0310 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 07/0315 UTC SHOWED BROKEN CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA HOWEVER THERE WAS NO DETECTION OF ASH. THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORTED A MINOR EMISSION OF GASES AND POSSIBLE LIGHT ASH THAT WAS CONTAINED TO THE AREA AROUND THE SUMMIT. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH WOULD MOVE WEST AROUND 25 TO 30 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS . THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS EVENT. WATCH STATEMENTS WILL RESUME AT 07/1700 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. . NNNN