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 northward to northeastward throughout the day.

Recent observations: The weather is clear at the volcano. Crews are in the field today to make visual observations and to assess effects of the recent storms on field instruments and make any necessary repairs. Seismicity and deformation have not changed in the past 24 hours; earthquakes in the M1.5-2.5 range continue to occur episodically amidst the background of smaller quakes and less frequent larger earthquakes in the M2.5-3.6 range. A larger magnitude earthquake occurred about 04:29 this morning. Recent views from remote cameras and monitoring data indicate that the lava spine continues to extrude.