Popocatepetl volcano news & eruption update

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EM MOV NE to 26000 ft (7900 m)

Sun, 30 Jun 2019, 20:30

20:30 PM | BY: VN

Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 26000 ft (7900 m) altitude or flight level 260 .
The full report is as follows:

FVXX20 at 20:24 UTC, 30/06/19 from KNES
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20190630/2022Z

VAAC: WASHINGTON

VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 341090
PSN: N1901 W09837

AREA: MEXICO

SUMMIT ELEV: 17802 FT [5426 M]

ADVISORY NR: 2019/476

INFO SOURCE: GOES-EAST. NWP MODELS. VOLCAT.

ERUPTION DETAILS: NEW VA EM MOV NE

OBS VA DTG: 30/1951Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL260 N1940 W09809 - N1917 W09755
- N1858 W09834 - N1858 W09834 - N1902 W09835 -
N1940 W09809 MOV NE 20-25KT

FCST VA CLD +6HR: 01/0200Z SFC/FL260 N1954 W09801
- N1921 W09737 - N1901 W09832 - N1902 W09838 -
N1954 W09801

FCST VA CLD +12HR: 01/0800Z SFC/FL260 NO ASH EXP

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 01/1400Z NO ASH EXP

RMK: VA EXTD 34 NM NE FM THE SUMMIT. NWP MDL
INDICATES A CONT NE MOV THRU +6HRS. ...ZHU

NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20190701/0215Z

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Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EM to 22000 ft (6700 m)

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Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 18:30

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS MOV NNW WITH LGT AND VAR WINDS to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 12:30

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

Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 04:30

Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: POSS VA EM 29/0350Z

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: NEW VA EM MOV NE OBS VA DTG: 30/1951Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL260 N1940 W09809 - N1917 W09755 - N1858 W09834 - N1858 W09834 - N1902 W09835 - N1940 W09809 MOV NE 20-25KT FCST VA CLD +6HR: 01/0200Z SFC/FL260 N1954 W09801 - N1921 W09737 - N1901 W09832 - N1902 W09838 - N1954 W09801 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 01/0800Z SFC/FL260 NO ASH EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: 01/1400Z NO ASH EXP RMK: VA EXTD 34 NM NE FM THE SUMMIT. NWP MDL INDICATES A CONT NE MOV THRU +6HRS. ...ZHU NXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 20190701/0215Z All news about: Popocatépetl volcano Information about: Popocatépetl volcano Previous news Sun, 30 Jun 2019, 11:00 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: NEW VA EM to 22000 ft (6700 m) Sun, 30 Jun 2019, 04:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EM NOT OBSD Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 18:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS MOV NNW WITH LGT AND VAR WINDS to 20000 ft (6100 m) Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 12:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONS VA EMS. to 20000 ft (6100 m) Sat, 29 Jun 2019, 04:30 Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: POSS VA EM 29/0350Z 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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