Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that low-level ash clouds rising just above the crater rim today would westward, and higher clouds would drift to the south southeast.

Recent observations: Clear weather has returned to the Mount St. Helens area and the volcano is clearly visible today. A continous wispy steam plume was issuing from the eruption site this morning. A magnitude 3.4 earthquake occured beneath Mount St. Helens at 4:10 pm PST Friday. Small periodic earthquakes at the volcano continue, indicating that slow extrusion of new lava is continuing.