FVXX21 KWBC 271730 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1730 UTC 27 DEC 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 99-301 ECUADOR 1.47S 78.44W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. REPORT AND WIND DATA PROVIDED BY THE OBSERVATORY IN QUITO. . ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSIONS OF ASH AND STEAM . DETAILS OF ASH: WITH SCATTERED CLOUDINESS OVER THE AREA...NO ASH CAN CURRENTLY BE DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 27/1645 UTC. THERE IS HOWEVER A SMALL PLUME OF ASH AND STEAM REPORTED BY GROUND OBSERVATION AT LATACUNGA (SELT) THAT EXTENDS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. EARLIER THERE WAS A FAINT HOT SPOT NOTED IN THERMAL IMAGERY AND AT . . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH IS ESTIMATED BELOW FL260 AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS. . 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/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS.. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3 2000 AT 0000 UTC... ALL REFERENCES TO LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IN VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS WILL BE IN DEGREES AND MINUTES OF A DEGREE. EXAMPLE: 16.70N 62.20W WILL BE 1642N6212W . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 27/2330 UTC OR SOONER IF ADDITIONAL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN