FVXX21 KWBC 231005
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/1005Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/049

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: 23/0915Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/300 60 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N2757W08037 N2545W08259 N2206W08504.  ASH IS MOVING NE AROUND 80
KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: THE ASH CLOUD IS ABOUT 425 NM LONG EXTENDING FROM
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO NORTH EAST OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA.  SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 23/0915Z SHOWS THAT
THE ASH CLOUD HAS BECOME VERY THIN AND IS BEGINNING TO INTERMIX
WITH WEATHER CLOUDS.  SOME MINOR HOTSPOT ACTIVITY CAN STILL BE
SEEN.
      
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 2003FEB23/1600Z.

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