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 east this morning, shifting to northeast by afternoon.

Recent observations: A few tiny earthquakes (less than magnitude 1) occurring each day and a few small tilt events probably related to deformation in the shallow volcanic conduit are the main indicator that lava extrusion continues at an otherwise moribund volcano. Infrequent, well-located larger earthquakes, in the range M1-2, have been recorded once or twice per week during the past month. No data are available from in-crater GPS receivers. Videocam observations in the previous 12 hours show the volcano in the light of the moon, its active spine steaming slightly.