FVXX21 KWBC 061305 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1305 UTC 06 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-152 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGERY...GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO...GUAYAQUIL MWO... . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF ASH AND STEAM... . DETAILS OF ASH: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE HAS REPORTED THROUGH THE GUAYAQUIL MWO THAT THERE IS ASH OVER THE SUMMIT AS OF 06/1200 UTC. THE ASH IS ALSO REACHING FL230 ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. HOWEVER THE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS NO HINT OF THIS ASH AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS MOVING IN FROM SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS MEANS THAT THE ASH IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THESE CLOUD DECKS. . TRAJECTORY: WEST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL STILL BE ISSUED BY 06/1900 UTC. . 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/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . ORRISON/TURK . NNNN