FVXX21 KWBC 031200 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1200 UTC 03 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-011 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 MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: INTERMITTENT ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 03/1115 UTC SHOWED HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMIT AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. NO ASH COULD BE DETECTED IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY THROUGH THESE CLOUDS. . TRAJECTORY: ASH AT FL190 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 5 KTS. ASH ABOVE FL190 TO FL250 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 KTS. . 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 03/1800 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . WALTER/SAB/NOAA/NESDIS . NNNN