FVXX21 KWBC 220200
.
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0200 UTC 22 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
.
TUNGURAHUA 99-150         ECUADOR 1.47S 78.44W 
.
BACKGROUND:    TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M)
.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY... THE GEOFISICO INSTITUTO...21/1800 UTC AVIATION MODEL
UPPER AIR WIND DATA.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS STEAM AND ASH EMISSIONS AS REPORTED BY
THE GEOFISICO INSTITUTO AND SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY.
.
DETAILS OF ASH: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 22/0115 UTC SHOWS AN ASH
CLOUD EXTENDING FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE VOLCANO AND PUSHING TO THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. THE ASH CLOUD EXTENDS A DISTANCE OF 62 KM (33 NMI)
TO A POINT AT -2.01S 78.24W AND IS 46 KM (25 NMI) WIDE. THE ASH IS
NOW ESTIMATED TO AS HIGH AS FL240.
.
TRAJECTORY: ASH IS SEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS.
.
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/)
.
OUTLOOK:  SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 22/0800 UTC.
.
PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
.
ORRISON
.
NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

""