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
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
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) provided a view of the thermal signature, pyrocumulus clouds and smoke associated with the Max Road Miramar Fire Fire — which began burning in the Florida Everglades (just west of the Miami – Fort Lauderdale... Read More
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
