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.

Recent observations: High winds and turbulence stymied yesterday's attempts to place a GPS spider on the growing lava dome and to collect a lava sample, but some instrument maintenance was accomplished. Conditions at the volcano remain unchanged as extrusion of the latest lava spine continues.