FVXX21 KWBC 241145
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB25/1145Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/057

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.  
                            
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 23/1901Z AND 23/2215Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 24/1115Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL350 71 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N3045W7856 N2046W8531 MOVING E 60-70 KNOTS.

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

REMARKS: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1115Z SHOWS THE CLOUD FROM THE
1901Z ERUPTION HAS MOVED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA AND WESTERN CUBA. 
THIS AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 700 NM LONG AND ESTIMATED TO BE UP TO
FL350 MOVING EAST.  THE SECOND AREA OF ASH FROM THE PREVIOUS VAA
IS NO LONGER DISCERNABLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY.
      
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 2003FEB24/1745Z.

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