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 to the east and northeast this morning, shifting to the northeast and north this afternoon.

Recent observations: Incoming data indicate that the ongoing eruption, characterized by solid-state lava extrusion and low levels of seismicity, continues in the same mode as in recent months. The moisture-laden Pacific storm that has drenched Mount St. Helens and the surrounding region the past few days has abated, and the volcano is partly visible from Johnston Ridge Observatory this morning. Showery weather with lowering freezing levels is expected today.