FVXX21 KWBC 230530
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/0530Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/048

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

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/0445Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/300 50 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N2421W08813 N2233W08808 N2113W08838 N2019W08833 N1916W08745.  ASH
IS MOVING NE AROUND 70 KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: THE CLOUD OF GASES AND ASH MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST FROM
THE VOLCANO AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND OVER THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA.  THE CLOUD HAS BECOME THINNER AND IS ROUGHLY
675 NM FROM THE VOLCANO.  SOME MINOR HOTSPOT ACTIVITY CAN STILL
BE SEEN IN IMAGERY THROUGH 23/0445Z.
      
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 2003FEB23/1130Z.

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