FVXX21 KWBC 271930 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2000DEC27/1930Z VAAC: WASHINGTON . VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09 LOCATION: 1901N 9837W AREA: MEXICO . SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M) . ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/215 . INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE SIGMET. 1200Z MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDING. POPOCATEPETL CAMERA. SURFACE REPORTS FROM PUEBLA. . ERUPTION DETAILS: OCCASIONAL EXHALATIONS. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: NO ASH CAN BE SEEN IN SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1902Z. SHORTWAVE INFRARED IMAGERY SHOWS A HOT SPOT AT THE VOLCANO SUMMIT. POPOCATEPETL CAMERA DOES NOT CURRENTLY SHOW ASH AT THE SUMMIT. . THE SURFACE OBSERVATION FROM PUEBLA INDICATES OCCASIONAL EXPLOSIONS WHICH MAY CONTAIN SOME ASH. HOWEVER THESE ARE NEAR SUMMIT EVENTS WITH ANY ASH CONFINED TO THE VICINITY OF THE VOLCANO. . TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 45 KNOTS . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT. . 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. . RUMINSKI . NNNN