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 northeast.

Recent observations: Clouds partially obsure the crater of Mount St. Helens this morning. The dome continues to grow, extruding rock spines and producing blocky rubble. Yesterday field crews installed a time-lapse camera and repaired two seismometers. Crews also deployed instruments to monitor deformation of the dome and glacier and surveyed river channels.