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 this morning would drift NE throughout the day.

Recent observations: Cloud cover is down to about the level of the crater floor this morning, obscuring views of the new dome. Rockfalls are continuing; one event at 8:25 pm last evening produced a small ash plume that rose several hundred feet above the crater rim before dissipating. Low-level seismicity continues to mark the slow, steady extrusion of solidified lava in the growing lava dome. Plumes of ash, possibly with steam and gas, will continue to occasionally rise above the crater rim as the result of rockfall activity.