FVXX20 KWBC 100300 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED 0300 UTC 10 OCT 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . POPOCATEPETL 00-080 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. 0000 UTC MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: MODERATE EXHALATION AT 10/0228 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MEXICO CITY MWO HAS REPORTED AN EXHALATION OF THE VOLCANO LASTING APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES WITH ASH REPORTED TO FL350. SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 0245 UTC SHOWS A HOT SPOT BEGINNING AROUND 0215 UTC AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE SUCCESSIVE IMAGES. NO ASH PLUME CAN BE DETECTED. . TRAJECTORY: ASH WAS REPORTED MOVING TO THE EAST. SOUNDING INFORMATION GIVES EASTWARD MOTION AT 5 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 0900 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