Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTG VA EMS. to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Wed, 27 Jan 2021, 10:45

10:45 AM | BY: VN

Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 19000 ft (5800 m) altitude or flight level 190 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX21 at 10:32 UTC, 27/01/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210127/1031Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/120

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. WEBCAM. NWP MODELS.

ERUPTION DETAILS: CONTG VA EMS.

OBS VA DTG: 27/1021Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL190 N1934 W09835 - N1932 W09824
- N1901 W09836 - N1902 W09837 - N1934 W09835 MOV
N 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 27/1630Z SFC/FL190 N1937 W09841
- N1900 W09836 - N1901 W09838 - N1935 W09851 -
N1937 W09841

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 27/2230Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 28/0430Z NO VA EXP

RMK: LGT VA OBS EXT UP TO 35 NM NNE FM SUMMIT. VA
EM ACT DECREASED SINCE PREV VAA. FL MVMT EXP TO
TURN TO NNW BY T+6 HRS. ...CLARK

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210127/1630Z

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 23:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONT LGT VA PSBL to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 13:15

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 01:30

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 08:30

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS to 18500 ft (5600 m)

Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 21:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS OBS IN SUMMIT WEB CAM to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Satellite image of Popocatépetl volcano on 24 Jan 2021

Background:

Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian time.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information

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FL MVMT EXP TO TURN TO NNW BY T+6 HRS. ...CLARK NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210127/1630Z All news about: Popocatépetl volcano Information about: Popocatépetl volcano Previous news Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 23:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONT LGT VA PSBL to 19000 ft (5800 m) Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 13:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: OCNL EM to 19000 ft (5800 m) Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 01:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: LGT VA EMS to 19000 ft (5800 m) Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 08:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS to 18500 ft (5600 m) Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 21:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS OBS IN SUMMIT WEB CAM to 19000 ft (5800 m) Background: Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano. At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian time. --- Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information First visit to our site? 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