COLIMA 00-003 MEXICO 1931N 10337W

BACKGROUND: COLIMA MEXICO (1401-04)
SUMMIT HEIGHT 13451 FT (4100 M)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE..INFRARED...AND
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY...ETA MODEL WINDS VALID AT 19/1200 UTC...1200
UTC UPPER AIR SOUNDIND DATA...

ERUPTION DETAILS: SMALL EMISSION OF ASH AND STEAM AT AROUND 19/1600
UTC.

DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: GOES-8 IMAGERY THROUGH 19/1645 UTC INDICATES
THAT THERE WAS A RELATIVELY SMALL EMISSION OF BOTH ASH AND STEAM
FROM THE SUMMIT OF COLIMA. THE MOVEMENT IS NOTED RATHER QUICKLY OFF
TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND IS QUICKLY DISPERSING. THE ASH AND STEAM
IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED FL200.