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 eastward.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens quietly continues to extrude lava onto the south crater floor, with declining visibility and increasing winds as the dry clear weather of the past three weeks deteriorates. Rockfalls off of the dome continue, sometimes associated with earthquakes during the extrusion process.