FVXX20 KWBC 140000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC14/0000Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON
.
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: 1901N 9837W    AREA: MEXICO
.                             
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)
.
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/170
                                                              
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY. MEXICO CITY MWO. CENAPRED CAMERA. 1200Z MEXICO CITY
AND MERIDA UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS.
.
ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS VENTING OF ASH SINCE ABOUT 1600Z.
LATEST EXHALATIONS AROUND 13/2030Z AND 13/2215Z.
.                                  
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
2302Z SHOWS A DETACHED PLUME OF ASH BOUNDED BY 1943N9853W
2004N9822W 1945N9756W 2000N9715W 1951N9657W 1843N9804W
1854N9829W AND 1914N9822W. ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL320.   
.
ASH FROM THE EARLIER ERUPTIONS IS STILL DISCERNIBLE IN
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THE FAINT AREA
IS 64KM (35NMI) WIDE EXTENDING FROM 2004N8952W TO 2524N8819W.
THIS ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL350.
.
TRAJECTORY: DENSE ASH TO FL320 IS MOVING FROM THE SUMMIT TO
THE EAST AND  NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. FAINT ASH
OVER THE GULF IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10
KNOTS. 
.
OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
.
THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/0600Z.

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.
.
BROWN
.
NNNN    
"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

""