FVXX21 KWBC 030600 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0600 UTC 03 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-010 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 03/0000 UTC AVIATION NUMERICAL MODEL . ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/0515 UTC SHOWED HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMIT AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. NO ASH COULD BE DETECTED IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH THESE CLOUDS. . TRAJECTORY: ASH BETWEEN FL190 AND FL250 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 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 03/1200 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . WALTER/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS . NNNN