FVXX21 KWBC 091500 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1500 UTC 09 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-167 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGERY...GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO...06 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 0600 UTC AVN MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF ASH AND STEAM. . DETAILS OF ASH: VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1445UTC SHOWS A LARGE NEW ERUPTION OF ASH EXTENDING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE HEIGHT IS ESTIMATED AT FL350. . ANOTHER MESSAGE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY WITH A GRAHPIC. . TRAJECTORY: ASH UP TO FL350 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 15-20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. . 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. . CLARK/KARST . NNNN