FVXX20 KWBC 301110 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1115 UTC 30 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . GUAGUA PICHINCHA 00-106 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. UPPER WIND FORECAST FROM AVN MODEL . ERUPTION DETAILS: SMALL GAS AND ASH EMISSION AROUND 1018 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 30/1045 UTC SHOWED BROKEN CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA HOWEVER THERE WAS NO DETECTION OF ASH. THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORTED A SMALL ERUPTION OF GASES AND POSSIBLE ASH BUT NO HEIGHT COULD BE DETERMINED DUE TO DARKNESS AND CLOUDS. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER WINDS SUGGEST ANY ASH BELOW FL300 WOULD MOVE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 30/1715 UTC UNLESS ASH IS DETECTED OR A HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT IS REPORTED. . 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