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 east-northeasterly today transitioning to easterly by this evening.

Recent observations: Early morning pictures from a digital camera at a site on the northeastern crater rim 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.