FVXX21 KWBC 220800
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/0800Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/041

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EXHALATION AT 22/0020Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/0715Z

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL310 32NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N2239W9049 N1815W9058 MOVING E 50-60 KNOTS.  SFC/FL310 N2139W9132
N2051W9323 N2002W9446 N1933W9450 N1935W9410 N2003W9333 N2004W9239
N2139W9132 MOVING E 50-60 KNOTS.

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS

REMARKS: CURRENT IMAGERY THROUGH 0715Z SHOWS A WEAK AND
INTERMITTENT HOTSPOT AS THE ONLY CURRENT ACTIVITY AT THE VOLCANO. 
NO INCANDESCENT ACTIVITY CAN BE SEEN IN THE CENAPRED VOLCANO
CAMERA.  THE ASH PLUME MENTIONED IN THE LAST VAA HAS MOVED OVER
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SPLIT INTO TWO
COMPONENTS...A THICKER LINE OF ASH ORIENTED NORTH-SOUTH AND AN
AREA OF THINNER ASH WEST OF THE LINE.
      
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: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB22/1400Z

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