Mt. Fitzherbert
USGS Update 2006-Sep-09 09:10
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 west to west-southwest.
Recent observations: The clear early morning skies at Mount St. Helens have given way to cloud-covered conditions, which are expected to persist throughout the day. There have been no significant changes in eruption conditions over the last 24 hours. Two notable shallow earthquakes occurred yesterday amidst the regular drumbeat of low-level seismicity associated with continued dome extrusion (M-2.4 at 10:18hrs PST, M-1.8 at 18:43hrs PST). Such events are routinely associated with this eruption.