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 northeastward this morning, shifting to eastward by later in the day.

Recent observations: Mount St. Helens is visible this morning under partly cloudy skies following a beautiful spring day in the Northwest. Field crews took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to measure gas emissions from the volcano and to repair a remote camera installation. Background seismicity associated with the extrusion of dacite lava in the crater remains at low levels, punctuated by intermittent M2 to M3 earthquakes and some rockfalls. No significant changes in eruptive activity have been noted in the past 24 hours.