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.

Recent observations: It's a beautiful, mostly sunny morning at Mount St. Helens, with views available from Johnston Ridge at the current time. Seismicity has continued to be low. New data are being transmitted from the GPS instruments installed on the west arm of Crater Glacier and the lava dome Tuesday.