Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that any ash clouds that rise above the crater rim today would drift northwestward early and west-northwestward later.

Recent observations: Although it is emitting a moderately strong steam plume this morning, the volcano remains relatively quiet. Small (~M1) earthquakes continue to occur about once every three to five minutes. A rockfall from the dome at about 4:50 a.m. produced a visible flash on the VolcanoCam image. Weather permitting, crews will be in the field in the coming week to measure gas, resurvey targets on the dome, redeploy a GPS unit on the dome, and conduct observation flights.