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* WHAT…West winds 35 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE…Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera Counties, Eastern Toole and Liberty Counties, Hill County, Northern Blaine County, and Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine. * WHEN…From this evening through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS…Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
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* WHAT…Southwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph and ridgetop gusts up to 110 mph. On Lake Tahoe, gusts up to 45 mph with wave heights of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE…Greater Lake Tahoe Area, Mono County, and Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area. * WHEN…Until 10 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS…Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Winds may knock down burned trees in the Davis Fire burn area.
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* WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Wind prone locations along US-395 from Susanville south to CA/NV stateline may see isolated gusts up to 65 mph. * WHERE…In California, Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties and Surprise Valley California. In Nevada, Northern Washoe County. * WHEN…Until 10 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
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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
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