Mt. Fitzherbert
USGS Update 2005-Dec-09 09:15
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 westward at low altitudes and southwestward at higher altitudes.
Recent observations: One of the sporadic, larger (magnitude 2.8) earthquakes that characterize the ongoing eruption occurred shortly before 9 a.m. today and evidently generated some rock fall. The rock fall sent up a small diffuse ash plume that was faintly visible from the Portland metropolitan area. Photographs of the growing lava dome from yesterday's observation flight should be on our web site later today. All monitoring data remain within typical ranges of seismicity and ground deformation.
Update:
From the CVO VolcanoCam website:
"Road Trip!! Today we are going to Mount St. Helens to perform maintenance on the VolcanoCam and check all network connections. We have been waiting for this favorable weather window for weeks."