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 lazily northwestward to northeastward at low elevation and strongly southeastward at high elevations early in the day, then shift to east-northeastward trajectories at all elevations later in the day.

Recent observations: A lack of signals from cameras inhibits remote viewing of the volcano today. Clear views from town indicate that the volcano is emitting a vapor plume, likely similar to the one observed during a brief aerial reconnaissance of the crater late Monday afternoon. Field crews will attempt to exploit the good weather today to measure volcanic gases and retrieve and repair a couple of seismometers in the crater. Seismicity and other monitoring data remain unchanged from recent trends.