1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) showed the rapid growth of the Cram Fire in central Oregon during the day on 14 July 2025. Strong westerly winds helped to transport a dense veil of smoke eastward. This wildfire had... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared images combined with the Fire Mask derived product (above) showed a wildfire in western Ontario (north of Red Lake, CYRL) that produced a large pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud beginning at 1930 UTC — when cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures first reached -40ºC, darker shades of blue... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared images displayed using RealEarth (above) showed a series of southward-moving thunderstorms that produced 1.91″ of rainfall near Ruidoso (and 3.29″ over the nearby South Fork Fire burn scar) on 08 July 2025. The resulting flash flooding was responsible for 3 fatalities, and damaged dozens of homes.The... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared images displayed using RealEarth (above) showed the clusters of thunderstorms that produced up to 9.40″ of rainfall near Ingram (located between Hunt and Kerrville) in Kerr County, Texas during the 24-hour period ending at 1700 UTC (Noon local time) on 04 July 2025. The resulting flash flooding was... Read More
