A fire on Sunday 9 March in suburban Milwaukee (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel articles 1, 2, 3; I read it about it in the paper: Page 1; Page 2) burned about 100 acres just north of Capitol Drive as shown in the 10 March 2025 image above from the Journal Sentinel. What kind... Read More

CSPP Geosphere imagery on 5 March, above, (direct link to imagery), shows the development of a smoke plume from a fire at the north end of San Jose Island. When did the Next Generation Fire System first identify the fire that caused the smoke plume? The NGFS Alerts Dashboard, below, shows a detection... 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

Strong Santa Ana winds and dry conditions caused multiple fires in Los Angeles area on 7-8 January 2025 (here is a blog post on the Palisades fire, for example). What information on these fires is provided by the Next-Generation Fire System (NGFS) website? The Alerts Dashboard at that site shows the latest Thermal Anomalies; when... Read More