1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (with/without an overlay of the FDCA Fire Mask derived product) and Shortwave Infrared images (above) showed the thermal anomaly associated with a fast-moving grass fire (the Sharpe Fire) that moved northeastward across the Oklahoma border into Baca County in far southeastern Colorado on 17 May 2026 —... Read More
On the afternoon of Friday, 15 May 2026, a wildfire broke out near Two Harbors, Minnesota, along the north shore of Lake Superior. Minnesota State Highway 61 was shut down to traffic and evacuation orders were issued for residents between Two Harbors and Castle Danger. Relative humidity levels were very... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (with/without an overlay of the FDCA Fire Mask derived product), Shortwave Infrared images and Infrared Window images (above) showed the thermal anomalies associated with several grass fires south and southwest of Dodge City (KDDC) in southwestern Kansas — and two of these grass fires... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (with an overlay of the FDCA Fire Mask derived product), Shortwave Infrared images and Infrared Window images (above) showed the thermal anomaly associated with a wildfire in the far western Oklahoma Panhandle that produced a small pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud shortly before sunset on 14 May 2026.... Read More
