FVXX21 KWBC 050730 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0730 UTC 05 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-273 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 05/0000 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 05/0645 UTC SHOWED NO ASH ALTHOUGH THERE IS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS IN THE AREA. ASH WAS LAST REPORTED BY SURFACE OBSERVATION AT 04/2200 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL300 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 05/1330 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