FVXX24 KWBC 092030 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 2030 UTC 09 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SAN CRISTOBAL 00-027 NICARAGUA 1242N 8700W . BACKGROUND: SAN CRISTOBAL NICARAGUA (1404-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 5725 FT (1745M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. VOLCANO OBSERVATORY IN MANAGUA. . ERUPTION DETAILS: VOLCANIC ASH WAS OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1315UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE LATEST GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY THROUGH 1945 UTC SHOWS THAT THE LOW LEVEL PLUME OBSERVED EARLIER HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER DISCERNIBLE IN THE IMAGERY. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH REMAINING AT FL070 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 KTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT . 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. . KARST NOAA/NESDIS/SAB . NNNN