Mt. Fitzherbert
USGS Update 2006-Jan-17 11:15
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 northeast throughout the day.
Recent observations: The lava dome in the crater of Mount St. Helens continues to extrude quietly, with no changes in style or magnitude of the event. This estimation is based entirely on instrumental evidence from seismometers, GPS receivers, and tiltmeters, which transmit to the observatory continuously. Aside from a infrequent, limited view of the mountain caught by the USFS webcam, we have had no visual observations of the crater in the 30 days since December 18, 2005, owing to stormy winter weather.