USGS Update 2008-Jan-20 11:36
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 southward to southwestward.
Recent observations: Clouds obscure Mount St. Helens this morning. Small earthquakes consistent with low-level activity and continued slow growth of the dome are apparent on seismic records of the past 24 hours.
Mt. Fitzherbert