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: The day dawns with yet another cloudless, scintillating day at Mount St. Helens. Seismicity continues to be low with no unusual activity. USGS field crews had a productive day in the field yesterday. Projects included working on telemetry for one tiltmeter and removing a second that had filled with water, mapping geology on the north flank, surveying river channels, and performing various maintenance and upgrade tasks on several remote camera sites.