Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that ash clouds rising above the crater today would be transported northeastward.

Recent observations: Low clouds this morning obscured observation of the volcano from Johnson Ridge Observatory, though photos from the east rim show steaming from the lava dome. Small earthquakes, occurring at the rate of one every 1 to 3 minutes, and the repeat photographs from the crater rim in the past several days indicate continuing lava extrusion. Rockfalls from the growing spine are likely to occur sporadically in the foreseeable future. Some larger rockfalls will loft ash plumes a few thousand feet above the crater rim.