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 to the west and southwest.

Recent observations: Clear and sunny conditions prevail at the mountain again this morning, with some cloud cover expected later in the day. The eruption conditions remain unchanged as the slow but steady growth of the new dome is heralded by the drumbeat of small shallow earthquakes in the crater, interposed with occasional rock falls from the over-steepened and decrepitating extrusive mass.