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2007 December 04

USGS Update 2007-Dec-04 09:32

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 ENE.

Recent observations: Yesterdays heavy rainfall registered strongly on MSH seismic- and flow-monitoring systems, but no remarkable flows were generated by the rain on the volcano, nor was there significant rain-induced seismicity or steam venting. Some radio telemetry was lost during the storm, but most has come back since then. Seismic and deformation monitoring parameters are within normal ranges typical of the last weeks and months. The mountain is clouded in this morning.