While Wisconsin endures a very cold airmass without the brightening benefit of snow, various satellites continue to take spectacular imagery. The GOES-16 True Color imagery above, from the CSPP Geosphere site, shows a clear scene and snowless features over southern Wisconsin (except over Racine and Kenosha counties in far southeast WI where... Read More
CIMSS Scientists are adding more Level 2 GOES products (from both GOES-East and GOES-West) to Geosphere. The animation above shows Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) (on the left) and True Color imagery (on the right). The images highlight smoke from fires near Los Angeles on 9 January 2025. The individual AOD... Read More
Screen captures of VIIRS Day night imagery from NASA Worldview, above, show the distinct signature of light emitted from fires on 8 January. Three separate fires are apparent. The toggle below compares the views early on 7 and 8 January.Day Night Band Imagery from early on 9 January 2025, shown below... Read More
Strong Santa Ana winds and dry conditions caused multiple fires in Los Angeles area on 7-8 January 2025 (here is a blog post on the Palisades fire, for example). What information on these fires is provided by the Next-Generation Fire System (NGFS) website? The Alerts Dashboard at that site shows the latest Thermal Anomalies; when... Read More
