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 eastward to east-southeastward.

Recent observations: The disrupted satellite-telemetry link that brings in some of the data from monitoring stations is operating once again. The problem appears to be that build-up of wet sticky snow on the dish antenna causes loss of signals. Seismic and deformation data continue trends of recent weeks and suggest no significant change in eruptive activity. An encouraging weather forecast for the coming week may allow for some field operations.