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 eastward this morning and southeast later today.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens is visible under a gray sky in the JRO camera view late this morning. There are no significant changes in the ongoing eruptive condition in the last 24 hours with presumed dome growth marked by occasional very small earthquakes and rock falls in the seismic record.