FVXX21 KWBC 231600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/1600Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/051

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

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1515Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL250 64 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N3151W07540 N2849W07830.  ASH IS MOVING NE 60 KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: THE ASH CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH YESTERDAY EVENINGS
ERUPTION OF POPOCATEPETL WAS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO DISCERN IN
SATELLITE DATA AT 1515Z OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  ASH MAY BE
EITHER TOO THIN OR TOO LOW TO DETECT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY OUTSIDE
OF THE AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE.  AT 1345Z A PILOT REPORTED ASH
BETWEEN FL120 AND FL190 BETWEEN TAMPA AND ORLANDO.  
      
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 2003FEB23/2200Z.

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