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 south-southeastward to southward.

Recent observations: The VolcanoCam and views from the Portland metropolitan area this morning show a small water-vapor plume rising above the crater as warm moist air rises from the growing lava dome and condenses as it cools. Such views will be common during the onset of autumn weather. The yellow globs that have appeared recently on the VolcanoCam were probably deposited by the flies that are often seen in images and have nothing to do with the volcano. The tone of a few national news reports last evening suggested that something ominous was brewing at the volcano, but, in fact, the volcano is in the same eruptive status and hazard outlook as it has been for many months.