FVXX21 KWBC 090730 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0730 UTC 09 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-165 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED IMAGERY...GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO...GUAYAQUIL MWO...06 HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 1800 UTC AVN MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS OF ASH AND STEAM. . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0645 UTC DID NOT SHOW ANY ASH AND ONLY SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMIT AND SURROUNDING VICINITY. AN INTERMITTENT HOT SPOT HAD BEEN SEEN EARLIER TONIGHT IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. THE LAST SURFACE OBSERVATION OF ASH CAME AT 08/2000 UTC FROM COTOPAXI BUT ASH WAS OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AS RECENTLY AS 0045 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: NIL. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/1330 UTC OR SOONER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. . 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. . TURK . NNNN