Volcanos

[Lord Avalon]

After multiple overflows from thhe south vent, one started from the north vent ~1935 local, then splashing became fountaining ~10 min later.

[Lord Avalon]

V1 cam zoomed out ~2010, then 10 min later north vent was fountaining higher. ~2050 from V3 fountaining activity at the south vent can be seen. Eventually becomes double high fountains.

[Buster's Uncle]

[Lord Avalon]

From latest update:

"Episode 35 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 3:32 a.m.. HST on October 18 after 7.5 hours of continuous fountaining.

The south vent stopped erupting at approximately 3:29 a.m. HST. followed by the north vent at 3:32 a.m. HST, marking the end of episode 35. Lava fountains reached up to nearly 1500 ft (460 m) during this episode from the south vent, and 1100 ft (330 m) from the north vent.  The episode 35 fountains lasted for 7.5 hours and produced an estimated 13 million cubic yards (10 million cubic meters) of lava. The combined average eruption rate was over 500 cubic yards per second (400 cubic meters per second) from the dual fountains. Lava flows from the fountains covered about two thirds of the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater."

[Buster's Uncle]

Huh.  If it's rained there since late June, this is the first time I've noticed...

[Lord Avalon]

From the latest update:

"Vents continue to exhibit incandescence, along with a few spots on crater floor lava flows as they cool and solidify. Kīlauea summit inflation continues along with seismic tremor and vent glow indicating that another lava fountaining episode is probable. Preliminary models suggest a likely forecast window of November 2–10 for episode 36." ...

"The summit continues to inflate. The Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) has recorded about 1.6 microradians of inflationary tilt over the past 24 hours and an estimated 12 microradians of inflationary tilt since the end of episode 35." ...


"South vent fountains reached heights of nearly 1,500 feet (460 meters) and north vent fountains reached heights of about 1,100 feet (330 meters). These were the highest single fountain and highest pair of fountains seen during this eruption so far." [Emphasis added.]

[Lord Avalon]

From Monday's update:

"Both vents continue to exhibit incandescence. Kīlauea summit inflation continues along with seismic tremor and vent glow indicating that another lava fountaining episode is probable. Models suggest a likely forecast window of November 5–11 for episode 36 with November 6-9 most probable." ...

"The summit continues to inflate. The Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) has recorded 1.2 microradians of inflationary tilt over the past 24 hours and over 16.5 microradians of inflationary tilt since the end of episode 35. Tremor patterns continue with defined peaks spaced 5-10 minutes apart that correlate well with the alternating periods of glow from both vents.  This pattern indicates that strong gas pistoning is occurring within the vents and the alternating patterns indicate the vents are probably coupled."

[Lord Avalon]

From the Saturday update:

"Both vents continue to exhibit incandescence and there was one short overflow from the north vent overnight. Kīlauea summit inflation continues along with seismic tremor and vent glow indicating that another lava fountaining episode is probable. Models suggest a likely forecast window of November 4–8 for episode 36 with November 5-7 most probable."

"The north vent had moderate to strong glow overnight with one gas piston overflow from 9:25-9:28 p.m. on October 31. The south vent had weak to moderate intermittent glow. (Note:  All of the cameras were zoomed in on the vents last night and the infrared filters were turned off on the V2 and V3 making them appear much brighter and white in color.)   

The summit continues to inflate. The Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) has recorded just under 1 microradian of inflationary tilt over the past 24 hours and 22.3 microradians of inflationary tilt since the end of episode 35."

[Lord Avalon]

Wednesday update excerpt:

"Overflows of degassed lava continued from the south vent last night and grew in size and duration. While the north vent glowed intermittently overnight, all of the overflows have come from the south vent since just before 3 a.m. HST on October 4. Slow inflation of Kīlauea summit continued over the last 24 hours; however, repeated overflows from the north and south vents indicate the start of episode 36 is close. Models suggest a likely forecast window of November 5–8 for episode 36 with November 5-7 most probable."

"The early morning hours were dominated by large overflows from the south vent that lasted up to 1 hour and 20 minutes.  During these events lava overflowed from all sides of the south vent cone and greatly enlarged the small channelized pāhoehoe flow field growing around the cone.  The last 3 events were the largest and longest lasting of the 14 overflows that have occurred since yesterday morningʻs update. These large overflows differed from the passive pond overflows of the previous events and instead had well developed hemispherical dome fountains 15-30 feet (5-10 meters) in diameter.  Both the passive pond overflows and the dome fountains had very little spattering until drainback, indicating that mostly degassed magma is being erupted at this time. The north vent glowed intermittently last night, but there were no standing lava or overflows since early yesterday morning, October 4."

[Vidsek]

  For 24/7 live monitoring of Kilaeau on the Big Island of Hawai'i, the best site is Two Pineapples @

A community of avid lava lovers, plus helpful info and educational stuff.

The main USGS Kilaeau site is at https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea

As of late 5 Nov. Madam Pele is in the precursor stage leading up to episode 36 of the ongoing eruption.

Great views from the USGS webcams: night glows and lava flows ongoing right now.

[Buster's Uncle]

I do believe the north and south vents are very slowly melting their way towards each other...

[Buster's Uncle]

Interesting spout opened in the north vent wall minutes before daylight...

[Lord Avalon]

I saw that. Looked like a drinking fountain, the way it arced. Was recently a wider horizontal flow, now stopped.

[Lord Avalon]

Overflow increased ~2209 local, and really picked up several min later. There was spattering upwards, not sure if they'd say it was fountaining. But the lava gushed out as time passed. Appeared to subside before 2330. Then oozing picked up, later a steady pour ~0050. Still no hours-long fountaining yet. Back to oozing out now, ~0823.

[Lord Avalon]

From today's update:

"Overflows of degassed lava continued from the north vent throughout the past 24 hours. Inflation of Kīlauea’s summit continued at a slow rate yesterday.. However, periods of strong glow overnight from the north and south vents and the occurrence of overflows from the north vent indicate the start of episode 36 may be close. Inflation-based models suggest a likely forecast window of November 8–11 for episode 36."

"Intermittent overflows, lasting from a few minutes to 2 hours, from the north vent continued throughout yesterday and this morning. These overflows display limited spattering until drainback, indicating that mostly degassed magma is being erupted at this time. A cone has built around the vent on the back wall of the north vent, which at times erupts vigorously and main remain pouring lava back into the main vent during drainback events. A total of 135 precursory overflow events have occurred since early morning on November 3.

Summit inflation continued yesterday, but the rate has since reduced overnight. Overall, the Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) has recorded approximately 0.6 microradian of inflationary tilt over the past 24 hours yielding 26.7 microradians of inflationary tilt since the end of episode 35. After overflow activity resumed at the north vent on November 6, periods of low tremor correlating with pond filling and/or overflows is followed by 1-2 minute long tremor spikes related to drainback."