FVXX20 KWBC 150600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC15/0600Z  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: 2000/177
                                                              
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
0000Z MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTINUING ASH EMISSIONS 
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES8 IMAGERY THROUGH 0515Z SHOWS NEW
EMISSIONS OF ASH IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUMMIT.  HEIGHT IS
ESTIMATED AROUND FL220.  ASH EARLIER ESTIMATED AT FL220 IS
CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY BOUNDED BY 1809N 9943W 1829N 9931W
1906N 9934W 1903N 9956W 1929N 10023W.  THIS AREA OF ASH IS
APPROXIMATELY 103KM(55NMI) TO 198KM(107NMI) TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE VOLCANO.  DISPERSING ASH EARLIER ESTIMATED AT
FL300 IS VERY APPROXIMATELY BOUNDED BY 1839N 9752W 1902N 9705W
1932N 9631W 1956N 9642W 1943N 9712W 1919N 9742W.  THIS AREA OF
ASH IS APPROXIMATELY 82(45 NMI) TO 226KM(122 NMI) TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE VOLCANO SUMMIT
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TRAJECTORY: ASH TO FL300 WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. ASH TO FL200 WILL MOVE TO THE
WEST AND WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 15/1200Z.
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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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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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