FVXX21 KWBC 100730
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0730 UTC 10 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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TUNGURAHUA 00-293         ECUADOR 0128S 7826W 
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BACKGROUND:    TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY...AVIATION MODEL FORECAST DATA.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH.
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DETAILS OF ASH: WEATHER CLOUDS OBSCURED THE VOLCANO THROUGH
10/0645 UTC MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT ASH. ALTHOUGH THERE
HAVE BEEN NO RECENT REPORTS OF ASH THE VOLCANO REMAINS
SEISMICALLY ACTIVE AND A NEW ERUPTION COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME.
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TRAJECTORY: WINDS BETWEEN THE SUMMIT AND FL240 ARE GENERALLY
BLOWING TOWARDS THE WEST OR WEST SOUTHWEST.  ALTHOUGH ASH
CANNOT BE DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY ANY ASH THAT MIGHT
EXIST BETWEEN FL160 AND FL240 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST OR
WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS.  
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.
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THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10/1330 UTC.
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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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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STREETT
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