FVXX21 KWBC 191630 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1630 UTC 19 JULY 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . FUEGO 99-018 GUATEMALA 14.47N 90.88W . BACKGROUND: FUEGO GUATEMALA (1402-09) SUMMIT HEIGHT 12345 FT (3763 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GUATEMALA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY...GOES 8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTI SPECTRAL IMAGERY...15 UTC GOES-8 SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS . ERUPTION DETAILS: LAVA EVENT FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS CHANGED TO MINOR EXHALATIONS OF ASH AROUND 19/1600 UTC EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE GUATEMALA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS CHANGED THE FUEGO VOLCANO TO A CODE ALERT ORANGE. UPON COORDINATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SMALL ASH ERUPTIONS ARE OCCURRING. THE ERUPTIONS ARE SMALL WITH ASH ESTIMATED BELOW FL150. GOES-8 SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL CLOUDS WITH NO ASH DISCERNIBLE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IMAGERY DID INDICATE A HOTSPOT EARLIER. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH BETWEEN THE SUMMIT AND FL150 IS ESTIMATED TO MOVE WEST AT AROUND 10 KNOTS. . 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/) . OUTLOOK: SEE LATEST SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 19/2230 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN