FVXX21 KWBC 151200
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 1200 UTC 15 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
.
TUNGURAHUA 00-194         ECUADOR 0128S 7826W 
.
BACKGROUND:    TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M)
.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 
12 HOUR AVIATION MODEL WIND FORECAST FROM 15/0000 UTC.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: PERIODIC ERUPTIONS OF ASH AND STEAM.
.
DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1115 UTC SHOWS NO SIGNS OF
ASH.  SCATTERED CLOUDS SURROUND THE VOLCANO AND MAY OBSCURE ANY ASH.
.
TRAJECTORY: ASH BETWEEN FL200 AND FL300 WOULD MOVE WEST TO WEST
NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 KNOTS.
.
OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 15/1800 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.
.
.
NNNN