Disconcertingly quiet, but gratitude for the calm up here on a rainy
morning is abundant.
No new updates from CD or HVO, but HPR said that all vents are quiet.
Lots of steam enhanced by rain.
Still HMM lake sinks. EQs are few and infrequent too. Thereʻs that
bothersome puka at Hilina Pali at the end of the Chain of Craters Road
in the park. Iʻll try find out Why? later today.
"TILT UWE" = the Tilt (deflation or inflation) at Uwekahuna, very near
the site of Jaggar Museum.
Uwē-kahuna
Volcano observatory, bluff, and cliff (PH 208, 221), Kī-lau-ea qd.,
Hawaiʻi, and name of one of Kaha-wali's priests who challenged Pele
after Kaha-wali's defeat in hōlua sledding (see Ka-hōlua-o-Kahawali).
A house stood over a pit here; when curious persons entered, the
priest pulled ropes making the floor collapse, and they fell to their
deaths in the pit. Ka-miki, a hero, set the house on fire and the
priest wept (uwē kahuna). (Westervelt, 1963:44.)
Stay tuned, stay alert. Not pau yet!!!
10am continuation:
In brief:
Lower East Rift Zone Observations
Lava emission from fissures was minimal overnight. Strong degassing
continues from several fissures. There was no active lava flowing as
of 7:00 am this morning.
Deformation of the ground in the area continues. Ground cracks are
reported crossing Highway 130 about 1 mile west of the westernmost
fissure.
Summit Observations:
Tiltmeters at the summit continue to record a deflationary trend of
the past week and the summit lava lake level continues to drop.
Elevated summit sulfur dioxide emission rates persist. Current webcam
views are here:
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
Rockfalls into the Overlook crater are intermittently producing small
ash emissions that loft several thousand feet above the ground and
travel downwind.
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