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 southeastward.

Recent observations: A short break in the winter weather this morning allowed partial views of a snow clad Mount St. Helens from remote cameras at the Johnston Ridge Observatory. Occasional small earthquakes and rockfalls punctuate otherwise quiet seismic records. Brief episodes of slow ground deformation are seen in tiltmeter records from instruments located near the active vent. These observations are consistent with continued slow growth of the lava dome.