Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential Ash Hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that any ash clouds rising above the crater rim today would drift principally to the east and northeast.

Recent observations: Clear skies afford excellent views of the volcano this morning. Extrusion of the growing lava dome continues, and following yesterday’s magnitude 3.6 earthquake, seismicity has returned to generally low levels. Under current conditions, occasional rockfalls from the new dome remain probable, and they may generate plumes of dust and ash that rise above the crater rim.