FVXX22 KWBC 170650
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0650 UTC 17 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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PACAYA 00-002         GUATEMALA 1422N 9036W 
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BACKGROUND:    PACAYA GUATEMALA (1402-11)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 8372 FT (2553 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.  
18 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 16/1200 UTC AVN MODEL AND 6 HOUR WIND
FORECAST FROM THE 17/0000 UTC AVN MODEL.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 16/2245 UTC WITH NEARLY CONTINUOUS
EMISSION OF ASH SINCE.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 17/0545 UTC
INDICATED THAT PACAYA HAS CONTINUED TO GENERATE A LOW LEVEL ASH
PLUME AND NEAR INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALED A CONTINUOUS HOT
SPOT.  THE ASH APPEARED TO EXTEND TO FL140 NEAR THE SUMMIT BEFORE
DECREASING TO NEAR FL100W AS THE ASH FALLS OUT.  LOW LEVEL ASH
ESTIMATED AT FL140 NEAR THE SUMMIT AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY TO
FL100 TO THE SOUTH AND WEST EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM 1422N9036W TO
1429N9043W TO 1409N9106W TO 1405N9155W TO 1425N9240W.  THIS PLUME
WAS UP TO 32 KM (17 NMI) WIDE.  THE REMNANTS OF THE HIGH LEVEL ASH
CLOUD FROM THE INITIAL ERUPTION WAS LOCATED OVER EL SALVADOR WITHIN
A 20 KM (11 NMI) RADIUS OF 1344N8917W.  THIS ASH WAS ESTIMATED AT
FL250 AND WAS DISSIPATING.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL250 MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
ASH AT FL140 MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS.  ASH AT
FL100 MOVING WEST AT 10 KNOTS.  ASH BELOW FL100 MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
20 TO 30 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 17/1300 UTC.
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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  
www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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TURK
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"