Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that any ash clouds rising above the crater rim today would drift to the northeast today.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens is mostly hidden by clouds and precipitation this morning. However, data from deformation-monitoring instruments located on the 1980-86 and 2004-2006 lava domes indicate that extrusion of the new lava dome continues, despite relatively low seismicity levels. With the forecast calling for continued cloudy and occasionally stormy weather, views of the volcano will likely be intermittent over the next several days.