Mt. Fitzherbert

Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that ash clouds that rise high above the crater rim today would drift southeastward early in the day and eastward later.

Recent observations: Field work and visual observations were impossible yesterday owing to poor weather. Today's weather doesn't look much better. The GPS Spider on the new lava dome continues its movement east-southeastward and upward, from which we infer that the growth of the lava dome continues much as is has in the past few weeks.