FVXX21 KWBC 021200 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1200 UTC 02 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-007 ECUADOR 1.47S 78.44W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR FORECAST WINDS FROM THE 02/0600 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS WITH AN EXPLOSION OCCURRING AROUND 01/2230 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/1115 UTC SHOWS THE AREA AROUND THE VOLCANO OBSCURED IN DENSE MULTILAYERED CLOUDS THUS MAKING DETECTION OF ASH IMPOSSIBLE. . TRAJECTORY: ANY REMAINING ASH AT FL250 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 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 02/1800 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . WALTER/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS . NNNN