FVXX21 KWBC 021615
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY           
ISSUED: 2001JAN02/1545Z  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: 2001/002
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INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL
IMAGERY. 1200Z MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDING. POPOCATEPETL CAMERA
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT APPROXIMATELY 02/1336Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1515Z SHOWED TWO ASH
PLUMES.  ASH FROM THE INITIAL ERUPTION EXTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 51
KM (28 NMI) AND WAS UP TO 8 KM (4 NMI) WIDE CENTERED FROM 1905N9828W
THROUGH 1858N9816W TO 1857N9758W.  THIS PLUME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE UP
TO FL230 AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST.
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THE SECOND PLUME EXTENDED FROM THE SUMMIT TO 1908N9827W OR
APPROXIMATELY 21 KM (11 NMI) TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT.  THIS
PLUME WAS UP TO 8 KM WIDE (4 NMI) AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN
FL180 AND FL200.  THE POPOCATEPETL CAMERA SUGGESTED THAT THIS PLUME
CONSISTED LARGELY OF STEAM AND GASES.                   
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TRAJECTORY: ASH TO FL230 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25
TO 30 KNOTS WHILE ASH BETWEEN FL180 AND FL200 WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 02/2200Z.
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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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TURK 
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash" 

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