FVXX21 KWBC 170100
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB17/0100Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/026

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. MEXICO CITY MWO. GFS MODEL
DATA

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 16/1902Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 17/0015Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: THE LATEST MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED SATELLITE DATA
SHOWS THAT THE PLUME OBSERVED EARLIER MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
HAS DISSIPATED. ASH IS NO LONGER OBSERVED IN SATELLITE DATA.

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: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES

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