FVXX21 KWBC 021800 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1800 UTC 02 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-008 ECUADOR 1.47S 78.44W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 12 HOR FORECAST WINDS FROM THE 02/0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/1715 UTC SHOWS THAT CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED AROUND THE VOLCANO AND THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF VOLCANIC ASH IN THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO. . TRAJECTORY: IF THERE IS ANY ASH IN THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO IT WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 10KTS. . 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. . EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3 2000 AT 0000 UTC... ALL REFERENCES TO LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IN VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS WILL BE IN DEGREES AND MINUTES OF A DEGREE. EXAMPLE: 16.70N 62.20W WILL BE 1642N6212W . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 03/0000 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . WALTER/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS . NNNN