FVXX21 KWBC 222330
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/2330Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/047

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDING.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EMISSION ABOUT 22/2035Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/2302Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/300 22 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N2014W09554 N1850W09503. ASH IS MOVING NE AROUND 70 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: THE CLOUD OF GASES AND ASH MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST FROM
THE VOLCANO AND IS CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OVER THE SOUTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO ROUGHLY 185 NM FROM THE VOLCANO. THE CLOUD BECAME
MORE ELONGATED NORTH TO SOUTH AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST AND IS AROUND
94 NM LONG AND 22 NM WIDE. THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER ACTIVITY AT
THE SUMMIT SINCE THE EMISSION AT 2035Z AND THE SUMMIT HOTSPOT IS
DIMINISHING. 
      
TO OBTAIN VAA FROM THE WASHINGTON VAAC EMAIL NOTIFICATION SEE THE
WEB PAGE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/subscribe.html(ALL LETTERS
IN ADDRESS ARE IN LOWER CASE EXCEPT VAAC).  THE WASHINGTON VAAC
WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION UP AND
RUNNING.  HOWEVER IT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL METHOD OF
DISTRIBUTION.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB23/0530Z.

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