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 northwestward to southward early in the day, changing to a north-northeastward trajectory as the day progresses.

Recent observations: Cold, clear weather affords excellent views of the volcano this morning. There have been no changes in eruptive behavior in the past 24 hours. If clear weather holds, field crews plan to do further maintenance and repairs to instrumentation communications, place new instrumentation, and collect rock samples later in the week.