Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that ash clouds that rise above the crater rim would drift to the east-northeast.

Recent observations: No significant changes in the level or type of activity at the mountain have been noted since yesterday’s update. The most significant event over the last 24 hours was a magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 1016 PST yesterday morning that, unlike several other larger events over the last 10 days, had no obvious effect on the “drumbeat” earthquakes. Views this morning from the U.S. Forest Service’s web camera at the Johnston Ridge Observatory are completely obscured by clouds and occasional flakes of snow from the storm system du jour.