FVXX20 KWBC 021715 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 1715 UTC 02 SEP 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . POPOCATEPETL 00-065 MEXICO 1901N 9837W . BACKGROUND: POPOCATEPETL MEXICO (1401-09) SUMMIT HEIGHT 17930 FT (5465 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE. GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. CENAPRED VOLCANO CAMERA. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT ABOUT 1600 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 02/1645 UTC POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CLOUDS COVERING SOME NEARBY AREAS. THE MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE REPORTED AN ERUPTION OF POPOCATEPETL AT ABOUT 1600 UTC PRODUCING ASH AND STEAM TO AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF FL260. . TRAJECTORY: ASH IS REPORTED TO BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/2315 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