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 to southeastward.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens received a temporary respite from bad weather today. The snow-covered lower half of the mountain and upper North Fork Toutle River Valley are visible from the Johnston Ridge Observatory below the cloud cover. Storm-related noise on the seismic records is also gone now. Lava extrusion is presumed to be continuing.