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 northeastward.

Recent observations: Clouds obscured visual observation of the volcano this morning. Heavy snow is forecast and storm related outages of one or more seismic stations are likely. The monitoring network is highly redundant and such outages will not significantly degrade detection of earthquakes. The eruption continues unabated as demonstrated by a steady background of small earthquakes and steady westward movement (about one meter per day) of a GPS station on the active dome.