USGS Update 2006-Aug-29 10:10
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 northeast during morning and early afternoon, then eastward during the evening.
Recent observations: Mount St. Helens is obscured by clouds today. Slow-but-steady growth of the latest lava spine continues. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake associated with rockfall activity occurred at 3:31 am PDT today.
Mt. Fitzherbert