FVXX20 KWBC 010600
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC01/0600 VAAC: WASHINGTON
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VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: 1901N 9837W AREA: MEXICO
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SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2000/143
INFORMATION SOURCE: MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE
GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY. 6 HOUR WIND
FORECAST FROM THE AVIATION MODEL.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: LATEST EXHALATION AT 01/0408Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MEXICO CITY METEOROLOGICAL WATCH
OFFICE REPORTS THAT THE VOLCANO HAS OCCASIONAL EXHALATIONS
WITH THE LATEST EXHALATION AT 01/0408Z. THE ASH PRODUCED IS
ESTIMATED UP TO FL210. THIS LATEST EXHALATION IS NOT DETECTED
IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AT THIS TIME. THE ASH FROM THE EARLIER
ERUPTION AT 30/1655Z IS NO LONGER DISCERNIBLE IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY.
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TRAJECTORY: ANY ASH FROM THE SUMMIT TO FL210 WOULD MOVE TO THE
EAST AT 20 TO 40 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY 01/1200Z.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY AND VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES OFTEN
ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT
INTERNET URL ADDRESS
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/VAAC/WASHINGTON.HTML
(ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /VAAC/)
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PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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KARST
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