Mt. Fitzherbert

Aerial views taken on 2005-Sep-02

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-northeasterly.

Recent observations: Early morning pictures from the Sugarbowl camera indicate that dome growth continues, with continued slumping of the middle part of the new dome complex and westwards motion of the latest lobe located at the western edge of the complex. No significant changes in seismicity or deformation occurred over the last 24 hours, and occasional rockfalls continue to be shed by the new dome. Yesterday field crews made airborne temperature measurements of the new dome, performed maintenance on several digital camera sites, took high-resolution close-up pictures of the new dome from a site on the old lava dome in an attempt to capture small-scale dome motion, and removed over a quarter-ton of equipment from the old lava dome that had been damaged by explosions last fall and winter.