Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: INTMT LGT VA EMS. to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Sun, 7 Feb 2021, 00:00

00:00 AM | BY: VN

Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX21 at 23:55 UTC, 06/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210206/2352Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/150

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: INTMT LGT VA EMS.

OBS VA DTG: 06/2330Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL200 N1902 W09837 - N1900 W09827
- N1856 W09828 - N1901 W09838 - N1902 W09837 MOV
SE 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 07/0530Z SFC/FL200 N1905 W09826
- N1901 W09826 - N1901 W09837 - N1902 W09837 -
N1905 W09826

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 07/1130Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 07/1730Z NO VA EXP

RMK: INTMT LGT VA EMS SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOVG
ESE AND DSIPTG QUICKLY. NWP GUIDANCE INDICATES A
MORE E TO ENE MOV BY T+6 HRS. ...KIBLER

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210207/0545Z

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Previous news

Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 15:30

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS OBS to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 17:00

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: DISCRETE VA EM. to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 05:15

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM OBS IN SAT. to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 23:15

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA DSIPTD AND STEAM AND GASES ONLY

Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 11:45

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS LGT VA EMS. 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.

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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution - Popocatepetl information

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OBS VA DTG: 06/2330Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL200 N1902 W09837 - N1900 W09827 - N1856 W09828 - N1901 W09838 - N1902 W09837 MOV SE 10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 07/0530Z SFC/FL200 N1905 W09826 - N1901 W09826 - N1901 W09837 - N1902 W09837 - N1905 W09826 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 07/1130Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: 07/1730Z NO VA EXP RMK: INTMT LGT VA EMS SEEN IN STLT IMAGERY MOVG ESE AND DSIPTG QUICKLY. NWP GUIDANCE INDICATES A MORE E TO ENE MOV BY T+6 HRS. ...KIBLER NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210207/0545Z All news about: Popocatépetl volcano Information about: Popocatépetl volcano Previous news Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 15:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EMS OBS to 20000 ft (6100 m) Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 17:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: DISCRETE VA EM. to 20000 ft (6100 m) Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 05:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM OBS IN SAT. to 19000 ft (5800 m) Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 23:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA DSIPTD AND STEAM AND GASES ONLY Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 11:45 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS LGT VA EMS. 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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