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 northeastward early and strongly eastward later in the day.

Recent observations: Thick storm clouds obscure the volcano this morning, and the forecast is for continued storminess over the next several days. There has been no significant change in the degree or character of seismicity over the past few days. Small, repetitive “drumbeat” earthquakes continue to occur once every one to two minutes, with an occasional larger earthquake superposed.