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 to the east.

Recent observations: Images from remote cameras and data from GPS instruments installed on the west glacier and new lava dome complex indicate that lava extrusion continues unabated, with no significant changes in seismicity over the last 24 hours. Field crews had another successful day at the volcano yesterday. A time-lapse camera was temporarily deployed on the new dome complex in an attempt to record small-scale motions of the growing spine. In addition, several temporary GPS stations were retrieved and deployed at additional locations around the volcano, and several hydrologic surveys were performed. More fieldwork is planned for today, with field crews doing additional GPS deployments, servicing several cameras on the crater rim, and performing geological reconnaissance on an older part of the new lava dome complex.