FVXX21 KWBC 211400
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB21/1400Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837 AREA: MEXICO
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)
ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/037
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST
MEXICO CITY MWO
ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EXHALATION AT 21/1315Z.
OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 21/1332Z
OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL200 5 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1901W09837 N1908W09826. ASH IS MOVING EAST 40-50 KNOTS.
FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS
REMARKS: ANOTHER SMALL ERUPTION OF POPO OBSERVED BY SATELLITE AT
21/1315Z. ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL200 AND IS MOVING EAST AT 40 TO
50 KNOTS. KARST/RUMINSKI
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 2003FEB21/2000Z
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"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash Only"
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