FVXX20 KWBC 190300 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0300 UTC 19 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . GUAGUA PICHINCHA 99-097 ECUADOR 0.17S 78.60W . BACKGROUND: GUAGUA PICHINCHA ECUADOR (1502-02) SUMMIT HEIGHT 15695 FT (4784 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GEOLOGICAL PERSONNEL IN QUITO...GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. UPPER AIR WIND REPORTS FROM THE INSTITUTO GEOFISICO IN QUITO. . ERUPTION DETAILS: THE INSTITUTO GEOFISICO REPORTED A MAJOR ERUPTION AROUND 0227 UTC. HEIGHT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AVAILABLE HAS NOT CAPTURED THE ERUPTION. WE WILL SEND OUT ANOTHER MESSAGE AS SOON AS IMAGERY SHOWS THE ERUPTION. . TRAJECTORY: ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL300 WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KTS. ASH ABOVE FL300 TO FL350 WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 KTS. . 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/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED ASAP. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . KARST . NNNN