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 eastward to east-southeastward.

Recent observations: Analysis of images from the camera at Sugar Bowl, near the mouth of the crater, show that the smooth lava spine at the north end of the new lava dome continues to emerge from the vent at a rate of about 6 to 12 feet per day. Rockfalls from the top of the spine keep its height from increasing by that same rate, but the spine is continuing to get higher.