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2006 March 21

USGS Update 2006-Mar-21 12:00

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 predominantly to the east.

Recent observations: The rainy weather today has prevented field work or and visual observation of the volcano. Although there were three earthquakes larger than magnitude 2.0 in the past 48 hours, the normal background earthquakes continue every few minutes without significant change.