Mt. St. Helens Live Cam

[Turtle]

___The seismic activity on the mountain is markedly increased today:

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/CDF_SHZ_UW.2005092212.html

 

___She is steaming away:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

[Turtle]

___Nice sunset view just now:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

___We had a 3.0 quake on the mountain this morning:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/uw09271536.htm

:)

[Docalex007]

Hey Turtle, whats the latest sumed up info on volcanic activity there?

 

Has the situation deteriorated any in the last couple of months?

[Turtle]

Hey Turtle, whats the latest sumed up info on volcanic activity there?

 

Has the situation deteriorated any in the last couple of months?

 

___In a phrase, dome building. Currently the mountain is extruding about 10 cubic yards of lava per second as the new dome grows in height about 10 feet per day. Small quakes occur regularly, punctuated by the occasional 3.0 or better, as the new lava breaks rock on its way to the surface. All in all, the typical cycle for a Cascades volcano & despite having more instruments on St. Helens than any other volcano in Cascadia, no predictive theory on erruptions has emerged.

:hyper:

[Docalex007]

Thanks for that. Well, the volcano in its current state is a great source for gathering lots of scientific data. More data is always welcome.

[Turtle]

___The Volcano cam is down right now, but with the considerable rain of late, there is very active hydrologic activity. To whit:

 

Main USGS Hydrologic Page St. Helens vicinity:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Hydrology/Stations/framework.html

 

Loowit

Location info:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Hydrology/Stations/LOO.html

Station Data Log:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Monitoring/RTData/SimplePlots/MSHHLOOXRAIN_20.gif

 

 

Spirit Lake Rainfall Data Log

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Monitoring/RTData/SimplePlots/MSHHSPLXRAIN_20.gif

 

:friday:

[Turtle]

Breaking News! St. Helens sending up quite a plume!

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

[Tormod]

Cool. Keep us posted (and don't get toasted). :QuestionM

[Turtle]

Cool. Keep us posted (and don't get toasted). :eek2:

Roger Wilco. I get the sense that the emmission was more dramatic from afar. The view from the volcano cam doesn't extend very far above the crater rim & I've noticed that the cloud doesn't begin to really bloom until it's a few hundred feet higher. My new digs have me behind a hill in the direction of the volcano & unless it climbs to 20,000 feet or more I can't see it directly anymore.

___News hour is about to start here so they may have a blurb & some skycam photos from Portland. :QuestionM

[sergey500]

Yea, i already found this on google. Anyway, you need something imore intereting to do (saying you need a life is too rude, so i am not). If sitting on your compuiter and watch mountain spew steam is interesting for you, well whatever, but that kinda boring. But seriously, no offense, but what do you see in staring at moutain that gonna blow in like years from now.

 

Yea this was interesting in 2004 when it started spewing gas again, but now its kind of an every day thing. So why is it so interesting to you?

 

Also isn't double (well in your case is multi) posiing oonsidered rude on most forum sites?

[Turtle]

Yea, i already found this on google. Anyway, you need something imore intereting to do (saying you need a life is too rude, so i am not). If sitting on your compuiter and watch mountain spew steam is interesting for you, well whatever, but that kinda boring. But seriously, no offense, but what do you see in staring at moutain that gonna blow in like years from now.

 

Yea this was interesting in 2004 when it started spewing gas again, but now its kind of an every day thing. So why is it so interesting to you?

 

Also isn't double (well in your case is multi) posiing oonsidered rude on most forum sites?

 

Sergey, clearly you meant to be rude. If you have complaints on my or any other members behavior, report it to the admins at once. :)

[sergey500]

Oh i am sorry, it was late when when i wrote that and apperently i wasn't thinking striaght at all. Wow, that was indeed very rude of me, i am deeply sorry.

 

Keep up your hobby!

[Turtle]

Apology noted; we now return to my irregularly scheduled hobby.

 

---The first link below is the Yellow Knife seismogram station record for the today. The second link (scroll down after clicking) locates the instrument on a map.

---I find this station has the best generalized signal of the many in the region. Today's trace is typical of rainy weather of late, with stronger shocks occuring more often (relative to dry conditions of late) & more regularly (time between shocks more or less equal).

 

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/YEL_SHZ_UW.2005112912.html

 

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/webimaps.html

 

___The camera view is obscured just now; when I visited Johnston Ridge last month, I measured the elevation of the camera with GPS at 4,400 feet. (I'll find my exact record & post it later:) )

___I now return you to your own irregular broadcast.B) B)

[Turtle]

___Winter storms have largely obscured the VolcanCam view these past weeks. Peek now, & forever see a piece of history.

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

 

:hihi:

 

PS How about some kind of polling/posting of predictions for the date of St. Helens next significant explosive event?:lol:

[Racoon]

Hey Turtle-san..

Did you feel the earthquake last Saturday??? 1/28/06 at about 6 or 6:30 pm..

I was at my Grandparents Mobile home off 78th street looking through old photographs; it was quite unmistakable.

Can I look back on the St. Helens seismographs to see if it corresponds?

 

Curiously yours,

Rac.

[Turtle]

Hey Turtle-san..

Did you feel the earthquake last Saturday??? 1/28/06 at about 6 or 6:30 pm..

I was at my Grandparents Mobile home off 78th street looking through old photographs; it was quite unmistakable.

Can I look back on the St. Helens seismographs to see if it corresponds?

 

Curiously yours,

Rac.

 

___I was standing doing dishes when the quake hit & I did not feel it. I checked the USGS site & found archives only back 10 days, so sorry no seismogram. I did check it the day of the quake & it did register widely in the region.

___As wet as all our ground is, a moderate to large quake right now would cause considerably more damage than a similar event during dry conditions. Some geologists have speculated the soil saturation may explain why the Portland quake at 2.8/2.9 was felt so widely.

___Volcano Cam view is whiteout conditions just now.

Turtle Out

PS Here is a USGS data report on the quake in question:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/uw01290200.php

 

 

 

 

:cup:

[Turtle]

___Dateline; Irregularly unscheduled Volcano report.

 

___She'e steaming away under a mantle of snow & she experienced a moderate quake this morning around 8:15 AM PST.

 

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

 

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/SHW_SHZ_UW.2006020512.html