Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that any ash clouds that rise above the crater rim today would drift south-southwestward early in the day and south-southeastward later.

Recent observations: Clouds continue to obscure views of the lava dome, but there have been no significant changes in rates of seismicity or ground deformation during the past few days. Images from the camera at the mouth of the crater show that the lava spine at the northwest end of the new dome continues to grow even as parts of it continue to crumble. When the weather improves, field crews plan to make measurements of gas and other observations.