FVXX21 KWBC 231925
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/1925Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/052

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
MEXICO CITY MWO SIGMET. POPO CAMERA.
                            
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 23/1901Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1902Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL250 3 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1901W09837 N1904W09836.  ASH IS MOVING E 50 KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: THE MEXICO CITY MWO REPORTED AN ERUPTION OF POPOCATEPETL
AT 1901Z.  THE POPO CAMERA SUGGESTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ASH
MAY HAVE BEEN EJECTED IN THIS MOST RECENT ERUPTION.  ONLY STEAM
AND GASES WERE BEING EMITTED FROM THE VOLCANO AT 1921Z.  THE ASH
CLOUD PREVIOUSLY TRACKED OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WAS NO LONGER
DISCERNIBLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1845Z.  TURK
      
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 2003FEB23/2000Z.

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