FVXX21 KWBC 190300 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0300 UTC 19 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-210 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO. GUAYAQUIL MWO. GOES-8..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 18/1800 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: REPORTED EXPLOSION WITH ASH AT 19/0218 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORTS AN EXPLOSION OF THE VOLCANO WITH ASH OCCURRING AT 19/0218 UTC. ASH WAS REPORTED TO BE 2KM ABOVE SUMMIT LEVEL OR FL230 MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. NOTHING IS SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY SINCE GOES-8 IS IN RAPID SCAN MODE. ROUTINE GOES-8 IMAGING WILL RESUME AT 19/0326 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL230 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 10-15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 19/0900 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. . WALTER . NNNN