FVXX21 KWBC 061300 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1300 UTC 06 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-024 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GUAYAQUIL METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE SIGMET AND UPPER AIR WIND MEASUREMENTS FROM THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS ASH AND STEAM EMISSIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1215 UTC SHOWS NO CURRENT ASH PLUME. LOW AND MIDDLE LAYER CLOUDS ARE OBSCURING THE VOLCANO WITH SOME CLEAR AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE CURRENT SIGMET REPORTS ASH OVER THE VOLCANO WITH A HEIGHT ABOVE FL300. . TRAJECTORY: ASH ABOVE FL300 WOULD MOVE SOUTHWEST AT UP TO 20 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 AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1900 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN