FVXX20 KWBC 141500
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC14/1500Z    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: 2000/174
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INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. MEXICO CITY MWO. CENAPRED. 1200Z MEXICO
CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EXHALATION TO FL350 AT 1245Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE LARGE EXHALATION AT 1245Z IS
ESTIMATED TO FL350 EXTENDING TO THE EAST AND NORTH NORTHEAST
OF THE SUMMIT. ASH AT FL200 IS ALSO MOVING TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF THE SUMMIT. THE LATEST IMAGE AT 1432Z SHOWS THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE ASH AT FL350 TO BE AT 1933N 9817W WHICH IS
68 KM (37 NM) FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS 21 KM (11NM) WIDE.  THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE ASH AT FL200 IS AT 1925N 9910W WHICH IS 72
KM (39 NM) FROM THE SUMMIT AND IS 27 KM (15 NM) WIDE.
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TRAJECTORY: ACCORDING TO THE AVIATION MODEL ASH TO FL350 WILL
MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 KTS WHILE ASH AT FL200
WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AT 10KTS. 
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 14/2100Z.
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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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KARST/TURK
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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