FVXX21 KWBC 030000 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0000 UTC 03 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-009 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 02/1800 UTC AVIATION NUMERICAL MODEL . ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/2315 UTC SHOWED HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMIT AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. NO ASH COULD BE DETECTED IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH THESE CLOUDS. INTERMITTENT EMISSIONS OF ASH CONTINUE HOWEVER AS EVIDENCED BY A METAR REPORT FROM RIOBAMBA (SERB) AT 1900 UTC. A METAR REPORT FROM COTOPAXI (SELT) AT 2200 UTC INDICATED VOLCANIC ASH MOVING TO THE WEST. BASED ON THE REPORTED WESTWARD MOTION THE ASH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT FL190. . TRAJECTORY: TOWARD THE WEST AT 5 KNOTS AT FL190 BUT ASH ABOVE FL190 AND UP TO FL250 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 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 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 03/0600 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . TURK/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS . NNNN