Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano: sporadic emissions of volcanic ash

Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 09:00

09:00 AM | BY: VN

Mild explosive activity continues from the volcano. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington reported intermittent emissions of volcanic ash plumes.
The full report is as follows: INTMT VA EMS .

FVXX21 at 08:44 UTC, 01/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210201/0840Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/138

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: INTMT VA EMS

OBS VA DTG: 01/0821Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL190 N1901 W09840 - N1900 W09834
- N1846 W09831 - N1846 W09841 - N1901 W09840 MOV
S 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 01/1430Z SFC/FL190 N1902 W09835
- N1836 W09823 - N1836 W09842 - N1901 W09840 -
N1902 W09835

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 01/2030Z SFC/FL190 N1901
W09840 - N1859 W09834 - N1837 W09825 - N1837
W09839 - N1901 W09840

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 02/0230Z NO VA EXP

RMK: VA SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOV S FM SUMMIT. EMS
SEEN IN WEBCAM. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A S-LY MOV
TO CONT THRU T+12 HRS. ...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210201/1445Z

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Previous news

Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 03:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: LGT VA EM MOV S to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Satellite image of Popocatépetl volcano on 1 Feb 2021

Sun, 31 Jan 2021, 07:45

Popocatépetl Volcano: sporadic emissions of volcanic ash

Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 20:30

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

Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 09:15

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

Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 03:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONT VA EMS to 21000 ft (6400 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.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information

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ERUPTION DETAILS: INTMT VA EMS OBS VA DTG: 01/0821Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL190 N1901 W09840 - N1900 W09834 - N1846 W09831 - N1846 W09841 - N1901 W09840 MOV S 10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 01/1430Z SFC/FL190 N1902 W09835 - N1836 W09823 - N1836 W09842 - N1901 W09840 - N1902 W09835 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 01/2030Z SFC/FL190 N1901 W09840 - N1859 W09834 - N1837 W09825 - N1837 W09839 - N1901 W09840 FCST VA CLD +18HR: 02/0230Z NO VA EXP RMK: VA SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOV S FM SUMMIT. EMS SEEN IN WEBCAM. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS A S-LY MOV TO CONT THRU T+12 HRS. ...KIBLER NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210201/1445Z All news about: Popocatépetl volcano Information about: Popocatépetl volcano Previous news Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 03:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: LGT VA EM MOV S to 19000 ft (5800 m) Sun, 31 Jan 2021, 07:45 Popocatépetl Volcano: sporadic emissions of volcanic ash Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 20:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EMS. to 19000 ft (5800 m) Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 09:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EMS to 18500 ft (5600 m) Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 03:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONT VA EMS to 21000 ft (6400 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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