FVXX21 KWBC 231330
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/1330Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/050

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

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1245Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL300 94 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N3105W07802 N2704W08045.  ASH IS MOVING NE 85-100 KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: AT 1245Z THE ASH CLOUD WAS ABOUT 280 NM LONG EXTENDING
FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA TO THE NORTHEAST INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN.  ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER ERUPTIONS SINCE
YESTERDAY EVENING AN INTERMITTENT HOT SPOT HAS BEEN DETECTED IN
SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE SUMMIT.
      
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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