FVXX20 KWBC 190215
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2000DEC19/0215Z 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: 2000/194
INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY.
00Z UPPER AIR DATA FROM MEXICO CITY. POPOCATEPETL CAMERA.
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ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION BEGAN ABOUT 17/1250Z. LATEST
ERUPTION AROUND 19/0115Z.
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DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: MEXICO CITY MWO REPORTS AN ERUPTION WITH
LAVA PRESENT AT 19/0115Z. GOES-8 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AT
0130Z SHOWS A PLUME OF ASH EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
BOUNDED BY 1906N9834W 1853N9817W 1831N9828W AND 1849N9850W.
ASH IS ESTIMATED TO FL240. ANOTHER PLUME 11 KM (6 NMI) WIDE
EXTENDS 19 KM (10NMI) TO THE NORTHEAST. ASH IS ESTIMATED TO
FL300.
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TRAJECTORY: ASH TO FL240 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST AT 6 TO 12 KNOTS. ASH TO FL300 WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS.
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OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.
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THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED BY 19/0800Z.
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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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BROWN
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NNNN"Attached Graphic Map Depicting Ash"
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