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 west.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens is visible beneath a gray, partly cloudy sky from Johnston Ridge cameras. Seismic stations in and around the crater show continued ground vibration and small shallow eathquakes related to lava-spine extrusion and dome growth. Last night at 23:39 PDT, a deeper-than-usual (13 km), M2.2 earthquake occurred beneath the volcano.