FVXX22 KWBC 180140 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0140 UTC 18 FEB 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . POPOCATEPETL 00-014 MEXICO 1901N 9837W . BACKGROUND: POPOCATEPETL MEXICO (1401-09) SUMMIT HEIGHT 17930 FT (5465 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MEXICO CITY MWO. MEXICO CITY RAOB. . ERUPTION DETAILS: EMISSION OF ASH AND STEAM AT 17/1537 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 0115 UTC SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ASH NEAR POPOCATEPETL. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE MEXICO CITY MWO. . TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR PATTERNS SUGGEST ANY RESIDUAL ASH BETWEEN SUMMIT AND FL240 TO MOVE WEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. . 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 . NNNN