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 west.

Recent observations: Today brings another picture-perfect morning to Mount St. Helens, with views from remote cameras showing a relatively calm scene. Continued lava dome motion can clearly be seen in time-lapse image sequences, however, indicating that the eruption continues despite low levels of seismicity. Occasional rockfalls continue to occur, and with the clear viewing conditions it is possible that dust plumes from larger rockfalls could be visible today from the Portland area and other locales around the mountain.