Wildfire smoke in Colorado

By Scott Bachmeier • 1 October 2020

GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]

On the following morning, the hazy signature of low-altitude smoke that had settled overnight into the North Park and Middle Park plateau areas of north-central Colorado was evident in CIMSS Natural Color RGB images (below). During the morning hours, this smoke restricted the surface visibility to 1-3/4 mile at Walden and 5 miles at Kremmling, before gradually beginning to disperse in the afternoon hours.

CIMSS Natural Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]

GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]

Categories: Air quality, Fire detection, GOES-16, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images