FVXX20 KWBC 140315
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC14/0315Z    VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: 1901N 9837W    AREA: MEXICO
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/171
                                                              
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
MEXICO CITY MWO. CENAPRED. 0000Z MEXICO CITY AND MERIDA UPPER
AIR SOUNDINGS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUOUS VENTING OF ASH SINCE ABOUT 1600Z.
LATEST EXHALATIONS AROUND 14/0159Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
0202Z SHOWS A DETACHED PLUME OF ASH BOUNDED BY 2053N9807W
1939N9647W 1831N9722W 1926N9853W AND 1956N9858W. ASH IS
ESTIMATED TO FL320. ANOTHER PLUME EXTENDS FROM THE SUMMIT 45KM
(24NMI) TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST. THE PLUME ESTIMATED TO FL250
IS 6KM (3NMI) WIDE.
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ASH FROM THE EARLIER ERUPTIONS IS NO LONGER DISCERNIBLE OVER
THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
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TRAJECTORY: DENSE ASH TO FL320 IS MOVING TO THE EAST AND 
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. ASH TO FL250 IS MOVING FROM
THE SUMMIT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. 
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/0900Z.

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/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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BROWN
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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