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 started... 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
Within 24 hours, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores erupted three times, with reports of an ash plume penetrating 18 km into the atmosphere. Mount Lewotobi is a twin volcano consisting of a pair of peaks, Perempuam and Laki-laki. It is this later peak that has been active... Read More
A major explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Esparto, California occurred late in the afternoon on 01 July 2025, injuring 2 with 7 people remaining unaccounted for (media report). The robust thermal signature of the resulting fire was detected by the Next Generation Fire System (NGFS), using both 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West)... Read More
