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: We are having a brief respite from precipitation in the Portland/Vancouver area this morning, but the gray skies remain, and the volcano is completely obscured. Snowpacks in the Cascades are at record depths for the date, according to news reports. Seismicity at the volcano remains at the low level characteristic of recent weeks.