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 northward.

Recent observations: The crater of Mount St. Helens is, suprisingly, obscured by clouds this morning, but geodetic and seismic instruments indicate that the lava dome continues to grow as a large pile of rubble on the south crater floor. No changes in activity have been detected in the last 24 hours.