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 block views into the crater today. The signal from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake (0130 PST) in the Aleutian Islands is evident on the generally quiet St. Helens seismic records. Slow ground deformation, measured with tiltmeters and GPS, indicates that ongoing extrusion of the lava dome continues.