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 strongly northeastward.

Recent observations: Both USGS and USFS field crews had busy days yesterday repairing communications links and camera circuitry, retrieving and repairing seismometers, and measuring volcanic gases. Images are again streaming from the USFS VolcanoCam, and communications with crater seismometers and remote USGS cameras at the mountain have been reestablished. Images from those remote cameras show that the active part of the lava dome continues to grow and has risen visibly since the end of October. Seismicity and other monitoring data remain unchanged from recent trends.