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 principally to the east and northeast.

Recent observations: Clear skies again prevail around the volcano this morning. The National Weather Service forecast indicates that fair weather should continue throughout most of the day, with light winds and high freezing levels. The volcano’s eruptive behavior remains quiescent and unchanged. The extruding new dome continues to move westward at a rate of about one meter per day, and very small earthquakes continue to occur roughly once each several minutes.