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 east.

Recent observations: The volcano rim and crater are clearly visible from Johnston Ridge despite the deck of clouds enveloping part of the region this morning. Eruptive behavior remains quiescent and unchanged, as the extruding new dome continues to creep westward about one meter per day. Very small earthquakes continue to occur about once each several minutes. A single large earthquake (estimated magnitude 3.3) occurred at about 11:30 PDT last night, but it had no noticeable effect on eruptive behavior.