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 and southeast.

Recent observations: The volcano rim and crater are intermittently visible from Johnston Ridge despite the deck of clouds enveloping most of western Washington this morning. Eruptive behavior remains unchanged, and the extruding new dome continues its steady westward march at a rate of about one meter per day. Very small earthquakes continue to occur roughly once each several minutes.