FVXX22 KWBC 290900 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0900 UTC 29 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SAN CRISTOBAL 00-064 NICARAGUA 1242N 8700W . BACKGROUND: SAN CRISTOBAL NICARAGUA (1404-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 5725 FT (1745M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. AVIATION MODEL WINDS FORECAST . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS LOW LEVEL ASH AND GAS EMISSION. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THRU 29/0815 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS OVER THE VOLCANO AND SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. ANY ASH FROM THE EARLIER ERUPTIONS WOULD BE LESS THAN FL050. . TRAJECTORY: ASH UP TO FL050 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KT. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 29/1500 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. . KARST . NNNN