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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB22/2110Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/046

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
MEXICO CITY UPPER AIR SOUNDING. CUERNAVACA AND PUEBLA SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS.
  
ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EMISSION ABOUT 22/2035Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 22/2045

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/300 11 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1001W09837 N1909W09817. ASH IS MOVING NE AROUND 70 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: THE NEW EMISSION OF GASES AND ASH COULD BE SEEN IN THE
POPO CAMERA AND WAS VISIBLE AT THE CUERNAVACA AND PUEBLA SURFACE
OBSERVATION SITES. THE ASH IS ESTIMATED BELOW FL300 BOTH VISUALLY
AND DUE TO ITS SPEED AND DIRECTION OF MOTION. IT EXTENDED AROUND
20 NM NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT AND WAS AROUND 11 NM WIDE MOVING
RAPIDLY AT AROUND 70 KNOTS.
      
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 2003FEB22/2330Z

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