FVXX21 KWBC 091330 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1330 UTC 09 MAR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-290 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...AVIATION MODEL FORECAST DATA. . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH. . DETAILS OF ASH: EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS OBSCURED THE VOLCANO THROUGH 09/1245 UTC MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT ASH. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECENT REPORTS OF ASH THE VOLCANO REMAINS SEISMICALLY ACTIVE AND A NEW ERUPTION COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. . TRAJECTORY: WINDS BETWEEN THE SUMMIT AND FL240 ARE GENERALLY BLOWING TOWARDS THE WEST. ALTHOUGH ASH CANNOT BE DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY ANY ASH THAT MIGHT EXIST IN THIS LAYER WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 09/1930 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. . TURK . NNNN