FVXX21 KWBC 010115 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0115 UTC 01 APR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-384 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. UPPER WIND FORECAST FROM THE AVN MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS GAS EMISSION WITH OCCASIONAL ASH EMISSIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 2345 UTC SHOWS CLOUDS OBSCURING THE VOLCANO. ASH OBSERVED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS IS NO LONGER VISIBLE. . TRAJECTORY: ACCORDING TO UPPER AIR FORECASTS ASH TO FL300 WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AT 10 TO 15KTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 01/0700 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. . BROWN . NNNN