FVXX21 KWBC 141500 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1500 UTC 14 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-311 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 14/0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EMISSIONS OF GASES AND ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 14/1415 UTC SHOWS EXTENSIVE LAYERED CLOUDINESS BLANKETING THE AREA AROUND THE SUMMIT MAKING DETECTION OF ASH DIFFICULT. ASH WAS LAST DETECTED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 13/2145 UTC AND MOVED TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT FL190. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL190 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/2100 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. . CLARK . NNNN