FVXX21 KWBC 011745 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1745 UTC 01 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-130 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE...GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY...06 UTC AVIATION MODEL WIND FORECAST. . ERUPTION DETAILS: A FEW SMALL ERUPTIONS FROM LAST NIGHT PRODUCING STEAM AND A LITTLE ASH MIXED IN. . DETAILS OF ASH: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORTS THAT TUNGURAHUA HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET THIS MORNING WITH NO EXPLOSIONS OR ASH EMISSIONS. THE LAST ERUPTIONS NOTED WERE FROM LAST NIGHT AND THEY PRODUCED MAINLY STEAM WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE ASH MIXED IN. . NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1645 UTC. HOWEVER EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS AT ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEVEL COVERS THE VOLCANO AND SURROUNDING AREAS MAKING ASH DETECTION NEAR THE SUMMIT LEVEL DIFFICULT. . TRAJECTORY: NIL . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS . THIS WILL BE THE LAST WARNING STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE A WATCH WHICH WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/1730 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. . RUMINSKI . NNNN