Mt. Fitzherbert

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

Recent observations: Seismicity at the volcano remains very low, and the lava dome continues to shed rockfalls. Due to very dry conditions and winds, there is a tremendous amount of resuspended ash in the air today that is being carried northwest of the volcano for tens of miles. No helicopter-supported fieldwork will be done today, but field crews continue mapping the geology of the volcano.