GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed smoke plumes and fire “hot spots” associated with numerous wildfires burning in northeastern Oklahoma on 24 March 2018.A comparison of Terra/Aqua MODIS and Suomi NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared images (below) showed higher-resolution view of the fire hot spots. ... Read More
The Storm Prediction Center issued an Extreme Fire Weather advisory for 23 March 2018, and a GOES-16 Mesoscale Sector (#2, from this site) was positioned over the High Plains of Texas to monitor.The GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared imagery, above, from 1905-2058 UTC on 23 March 2018 shows rapid warming of pixels near Borger TX (KBGD), and then southeast of... Read More
As documented by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, the controlled burn of an apartment building occurred during the late morning hours on 15 March 2018. A comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) displayed subtle “hot spot” signatures (darker red pixels, circled) as well as an occasional hint of a... Read More
A large cluster of fires burning in central Argentina became hot enough to generate a brief pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud on 29 January 2018; according to media reports, on that day there were winds of 55 km/hour (34 mph) and temperatures of 37 ºC (98.6 ºF) in the vicinity of these La... Read More
