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2005 April 30

USGS Update 2005-Apr-30 10:15

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 east-northeastward at low altitudes, and eastward at higher altitudes.

Recent observations: The Forest Services VolcanoCam shows the volcano currently obscured by clouds. Clouds obscured the view of the crater for the entire evening last night. The volcano remains relatively quiet. Seismicity remains at the recent typical level of one small earthquake (~ M1) every few minutes with smaller events occurring more frequently.