FVXX22 KWBC 181215 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 1215 UTC 18 OCT 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-1153 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE ... INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE. SIX HOUR WIND FORECAST FROM THE 18/1200 UTC AVIATION MODEL. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 18/1036 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE IN QUITO HAS REPORTED AN OBSERVATION OF ASH TO FL260. THIS ASH IS NOT DETECTED IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 18/1145 UTC. . TRAJECTORY: ASH TO FL260 WILL MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AT UP TO 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 1830 UTC. REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES 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