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) provided a view of the smoke plume and thermal signature associated with the Sparks Fire, which began burning in eastern New Mexico during the afternoon hours on 28 April 2026. With the NGFS Fire... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) highlighted notable smoke plumes from two large wildfires in southeast Georgia (the Pineland Road Fire near the Florida border, and the Brantley Highway 82 Fire farther to the northeast), in addition to another wildfire in northern Florida on 21 April 2026. Those... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images that included overlays of GLM Flash Points and the Fire Mask derived product (above) showed a cluster of thunderstorms that was moving eastward across the Texas Panhandle late in the day on 09 April 2026. Frequent lightning activity associated with this convection ignited... Read More

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) included an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA), which depicted the areal coverage and diurnal behavior of thermal signatures associated with widespread prescribed burning in the Flint Hills of eastern... Read More