Mt. Fitzherbert
USGS Update 2006-Oct-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 eastward this morning shifting to southeastward by this afternoon.
Recent observations: Low clouds preclude visual observations of the volcano this morning. Remote monitoring instruments indicate that extrusion of the new lava dome continues with low seismicity and intermittent rockfall activity. Yesterday at 2:40 PM local time (21:40 UTC), a M3.2 earthquake occurred accompanied by a rockfall that produced a plume which filled the volcano"s crater to just above rim height before dissipating.