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 northeastward.

Recent observations: Its another quiet day here at Mount St. Helens, with increasing visibility this morning into the crater of the volcano. Seismicity and deformation remain at low levels, though lava continues to extrude onto the south crater floor. No significant changes have occurred in the last 24 hours.