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-northeastward.

Recent observations: Rainy weather today has cancelled field plans and obscured the crater. The slow increase in seismic energy release during the past few days continues as the size and rate of the tiny drumbeat earthquakes increase slightly and larger earthquakes (magnitude 1-2) occur a bit more often. Such increases, followed by decreases, have characterized the current eruption and have not been accompanied by notable changes in eruptive behavior.