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Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION ONGOING to 28000 ft (8500 m)

Wed, 24 May 2023, 20:45 20:45 PM | BY: VN
Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 28000 ft (8500 m) altitude or flight level 280 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX20 at 20:37 UTC, 24/05/23 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20230524/2035Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17693 FT [5393 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2023/628

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

ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION ONGOING

OBS VA DTG: 24/2020Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL280 N1904 W09835 - N1746 W09628
- N1712 W09816 - N1859 W09841 - N1904 W09835 MOV
SE 25KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 25/0230Z SFC/FL280 N1903 W09835
- N1659 W09523 - N1556 W09828 - N1859 W09841 -
N1903 W09835

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 25/0830Z SFC/FL280 N1904
W09835 - N1555 W09610 - N1512 W09826 - N1859
W09840 - N1904 W09835

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 25/1430Z SFC/FL280 N1903
W09834 - N1517 W09552 - N1428 W09832 - N1859
W09838 - N1903 W09834

RMK: CONS DENSE VA EMS OBS IN STLT IMAGERY AND
WEBCAM MOVG SE FM SUMMIT. REMNANT VA REACHING
APPRX 130NM SE OF SUMMIT. VA FL BASED ON STLT
IMAGERY AND NWP MDLS. VA FCST THRU T+18 HRS BASED
ON NWP MDLS. ...COVERDALE

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20230525/0230Z

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Wed, 24 May 2023, 14:00

Popocatepetl volcano (Mexico) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 17 May-23 May 2023 (New Activity / Unrest)

CENAPRED reported that activity at Popocatépetl intensified during 16-23 May after recent activity characterized by the formation of small to medium lava domes on the summit crater floor and their subsequent destruction. There were 154-168 daily steam, gas, and ash emissions and minor-to-moderate explosions during 16-19 May. Periods of high-frequency tremor lasted more than 12 hours during 16-17 May and more than 10 hours during 17-18 May. ... Read all
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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


Satellite images of Popocatepetl volcano (c)Google Earth View
Satellite images of Popocatepetl volcano (c)Google Earth View
Stratovolcano 5426 m / 17,802 ft
Central Mexico, 19.02°N / -98.62°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Popocatépetl volcano eruptions:
1345-47, 1354, 1363(?), 1488, 1504, 1509(?), 1512, 1518, 1519-23(?), 1528, 1530, 1539-40, 1542, 1548, 1571, 1580, 1590, 1592-94, 1642, 1663-65, 1666-67, 1697, 1720, 1802-04, 1827(?), 1834(?), 1852(?), 1919-22, 1923-24, 1925-27(?), 1933, 1942-43, 1947, 1994-95, 1996-2003, 2004-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes. Plinian eruptions at intervals of several centuries or few thousands of years, vulcanian and strombolian activity in intermittent phases.

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