Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: PSBL VA EMS. to 18000 ft (5500 m)

Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 00:15

00:15 AM | BY: VN

Satellite image of Popocatépetl volcano on 15 Feb 2021

Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 18000 ft (5500 m) altitude or flight level 180 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX21 at 00:00 UTC, 15/02/21 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20210214/2358Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2021/182

INFO SOURCE: GOES-16. WEBCAM.

ERUPTION DETAILS: PSBL VA EMS.

OBS VA DTG: 14/2341Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL180 N1905 W09831 - N1902 W09829
- N1859 W09837 - N1901 W09837 - N1905 W09831 MOV
NE 10KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 15/0530Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 15/1130Z NO VA EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 15/1730Z NO VA EXP

RMK: PLUME OBSD IN VIS STLT IMAGERY EXTDG 6 NMI
ENE FM SUMMIT. WEBCAM SHOWS FEW EMS FM SUMMIT BUT
PSBL RE-SUSPENDED VA INVOF SUMMIT. FL ESTD FM
WEBCAM. ...HOSLEY

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210215/0600Z

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Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 18:00

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

Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 08:15

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: EM OF STEAM AND GASES

Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 21:15

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

Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 14:00

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

Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 07:15

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM NOT OBSD

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: 14/2341Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL180 N1905 W09831 - N1902 W09829 - N1859 W09837 - N1901 W09837 - N1905 W09831 MOV NE 10KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 15/0530Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +12HR: 15/1130Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: 15/1730Z NO VA EXP RMK: PLUME OBSD IN VIS STLT IMAGERY EXTDG 6 NMI ENE FM SUMMIT. WEBCAM SHOWS FEW EMS FM SUMMIT BUT PSBL RE-SUSPENDED VA INVOF SUMMIT. FL ESTD FM WEBCAM. ...HOSLEY NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20210215/0600Z All news about: Popocatépetl volcano Information about: Popocatépetl volcano Previous news Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 18:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EM OBS IN SAT. to 19000 ft (5800 m) Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 08:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: EM OF STEAM AND GASES Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 21:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING HVY VA EMS to 19000 ft (5800 m) Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 14:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA OBS IN SAT. to 19000 ft (5800 m) Sat, 13 Feb 2021, 07:15 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM NOT OBSD 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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