10-minute JMA Himawari-9 AHI “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed the formation of a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud that was spawned by a bushfire in Grampians National Park in far southeast Australia on 4th February 2025. The pyroCb exhibited cloud-top 10.4 µm... Read More
Every-minute true-color imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site (above) shows the quick development of the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles county. This event developed during a time of Red Flag Warnings over Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, as shown in the screenshot image from NWS Los Angeles below.How did NGFS detections do with fire... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Fire Temperature RGB images — created using Geo2Grid (above) depicted thermal signatures from several Los Angeles area wildfires from 7th January to 10th January 2025. Most notable were the 2 larger signatures from the initial Palisades Fire (near the coast, which started at 1824 UTC on 7th January) and later the Eaton Fire (farther... 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
