FVXX22 KWBC 080300
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 0300 UTC 08 DEC 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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POPOCATEPETL 99-110  MEXICO 19.02N 98.62W 
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BACKGROUND:    POPOCATEPETL MEXICO (1401-09)
               SUMMIT HEIGHT 17930 FT (5465 M)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY...
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ERUPTION DETAILS: PUFF OF ASH AND STEAM 07/1355 UTC.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 08/0232 UTC DOES
NOT SUGGEST ANY ASH. OCCASIONALLY THERE IS A HOT SPOT NOTED
WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A RATHER PERSISTENT OBSERVATION HERE OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. HOWEVER THERE IS NO INDICATION OR
REPORT THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT ASH IS ACTUALLY BEING VENTED AT THIS
TIME.
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TRAJECTORY: N/A.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH
ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH
LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS  
www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3 2000 AT 0000 UTC... ALL REFERENCES TO LATITUDE
AND LONGITUDE IN VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENTS WILL BE IN DEGREES
AND MINUTES OF A DEGREE. EXAMPLE: 16.70N 62.20W  WILL BE  1642N6212W
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THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT.
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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ORRISON
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