5-minute CONUS sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images with an overlay of the FDCA Fire Mask derived product (above) showed that the Trout Fire in southwest New Mexico produced a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud late in the day on 14 June 2025. The pyroCb cloud... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible (0.64 µm) with an overlay of the FDCA Fire Mask derived product (above) showed the large thermal anomaly associated with a wildfire in the Nopiming Provincial Park (located just west of the Manitoba/Ontario border) as it made a rapid northeastward run of ~20 miles on... Read More
Due to a lack of radar coverage over American Samoa, WSO Pago Pago requested 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector coverage over the islands during a prolonged period of heavy rainfall risk. GOES-18 (GOES-West) Clean Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) displayed areas of deep convection that moved near and over the American Samoa island of... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) displayed areas of convection that moved across the islands of American Samoa on 12 June 2024 (1-minute imagery was requested by NWS Pago Pago to monitor the approach of thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rainfall and potential flooding — and since they lack radar coverage, 1-minute satellite... Read More
