FVXX21 KWBC 080725 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0725 UTC 08 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-285 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...AVIATION MODEL WINDS FORECAST...GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORT. . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 08/0645 UTC DOES NOT INDICATE ANY DEFINITE AREAS OF ASH. THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO EARLIER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THUS DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF ASH IS QUITE DIFFICULT. THE LAST REPORT OF ASH WAS THROUGH A PILOT REPORT ON MARCH 7TH WHICH INDICATED ASH TO FL240. THE VOLCANO HOWEVER IS VERY RESTLESS AND COULD ERUPT AT ANY TIME. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH AND STEAM THAT MAY EXIST FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL240 SHOULD MOVE TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 08/1330 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. . ORRISON . NNNN