FVXX21 KWBC 181630 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1630 UTC 18 JAN 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . TUNGURAHUA 00-071 ECUADOR 0128S 7826W . BACKGROUND: TUNGURAHUA ECUADOR (1502-08) SUMMIT HEIGHT 16480 FT (5023 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE...INFRARED...AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 18/0600 UTC AVN MODEL WINDS TO 18/1800 UTC. . ERUPTION DETAILS: LAST ERUPTION AROUND 17/0115 UTC . DETAILS OF ASH: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 1545 UTC DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF ASH AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE EXTENSIVE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE REGION MAKING ANY DETECTION OF LOW OR MID LEVEL ASH IMPOSSIBLE. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR PATTERNS SUGGEST ANY ASH AT OR BELOW FL300 TO MOVE WEST AT 15 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 18/2230 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. . HUGHES/NOAA/NESDIS/SAB . NNNN