Aug 31 2007
Popocatepet Daily Update for 8/31/07
Current Popocatepet status from CENAPRED:
August 31 11:10 h (16:10 GMT)
In the last 24 hours the monitoring system of Popocatepetl volcano registered only 3 exhalations accompanied by steam and gas emissions. The other monitoring parameters remain without important changes.
At this moment there is no visibility towards the volcano due to dense clouds. However, this morning we could observe it with a steam and gas emission (see image).
A vertical photo of the crater, obtained by the Dirección General de Carreteras Federales (SCT) on March 6, shows that the dimensions of the lava dome inside the crater do not have a significative change in comparison with those observed on January 24, 2007. This condition does not imply significant change in the expected scenarios(see image).
From high to low probability the expected activity scenarios in the next hours, days or weeks are: moderate exhalations, some with ash emissions; occasionally mild incandescence during nights and sporadic low level explosions with low probabilities of incandescent fragment at short distance to the crater.
There is a permanent monitoring of the volcano to detect any change. The traffic light of volcanic alert remains in YELLOW Phase 2.
Recommendations:
1. Access is restricted in a radius of 12 km from the crater. For this reason the permanence in this area is not allowed.
2. The road between Santiago Xalitzintla (Puebla) and San Pedro Nexapa (Mexico State), including Paso de Cortes, is open only to controlled traffic.
3. To the authorities of Civil Protection, maintain preventive procedures, according to operative plans.
4. To the population, to be aware of the official information emited.
