FVXX20 KWBC 030008 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2001APR03/0008 VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: TUNGURAHUA 1502-08 LOCATION: 0128S 7826W AREA: ECUADOR . SUMMIT ELEVATION: 16480 FT (5023 M) . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2001/48 . INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO. AVN MODEL FORECAST. . ERUPTION DETAILS: VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD AT 02/2246Z. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE REPORTED AN EMISSION OF ASH FROM THE VOLCANO 02/2246Z AT FL200. NO ASH HAS BEEN VISIBLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/2315Z ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE CLOUDS IN THE AREA. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH PRESENT WOULD MOVE WEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 03/0600Z. . REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES 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. . . NNNN