FVXX21 KWBC 232005
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/2005Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/054

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.  
                            
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 23/1901Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1945Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL350 13 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1909W09805 N1842W09740. ASH IS MOVING E 60-70 KNOTS. 

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

REMARKS: SUBSEQUENT SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1945Z SUGGESTED
THAT THE ASH TOPS WERE UP TO FL350.  THE ASH CLOUD IS
APPROXIMATELY 36 NM LONG.  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 2003FEB24/0200Z.

NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only" 

"Graphic Map Depicting Ash"