FVXX21 KWBC 221850 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY ISSUED: 2003FEB22/1850Z VAAC: WASHINGTON VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09 LOCATION: N1901W09837 AREA: MEXICO SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M) ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/045 INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST. UPPER AIR SOUNDING. ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW EXHALATION ABOUT 22/0835Z. OBS ASH DATE/TIME: NIL OBS ASH CLOUD: ASH NOT IDENTIFIABLE FROM SATELLITE DATA. FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. REMARKS: ASH HAD BECOME TOO DIFFUSE AND THIN BY 1815Z TO BE DETECTED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE LAST INDICATION OF ASH WAS A PILOT REPORT AT 1640Z INDICATING ASH TO FL360 WHILE OVER KEY WEST. THE ASH WAS REPORTED TO BE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. 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: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES. NNNN