FVXX21 KWBC 150100
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB15/0100Z  VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/022

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
CENAPRED VOLCANO CAMERA.

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 14/1135Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 15/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL250 N2108W09516 N2144W09435 N2214W09436
N2305W09326 N2245W09305 N2139W09316 N2056W09501 N2108W09516
MOVING NE 20-25 KNOTS.
         
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: THE ASH CLOUD FROM THE 14/1135Z ERUPTION HAS MOVED WELL
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE ASH IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO
DETECT AS IT BEGINS TO MORE FAINT ON GOES CHANNEL 4 AND 5 
DIFFERENCE IMAGERY. CURRENT IMAGES FROM THE CENAPRED VOLCANO
CAMERA SHOWS ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY AS ENDED WITH ONLY LIGHT EMISSIONS
OF STEAM AND VOLCANIC GASES OCCURRING OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. A
HOTSPOT CAUSED BY THIS OUTGASING CONTINUES TO BE OBSERVED ON 3.9
MICRON IR IMAGERY FROM GOES-8.   

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: NEXT ADVISORY BY 15/0700Z.

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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

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