5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) showed the dense smoke plumes and thermal signatures associated with the ongoing Nopiming Provincial Park wildfire on 22 May 2025 (this wildfire exhibited extreme behavior and also produced numerous pyrocumulonimbus clouds on 13 May).GOES-19 Visible... 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

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System fire detection polygons (above) displayed the thermal anomalies and dense smoke plumes associated with the Camp House Fire (near Brimson) and Jenkins Creek Fire (near Fairbanks) in northeastern Minnesota on 12 May 2025. These 2 wildfires prompted the issuance of a few... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images with an overlay of the Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) Fire Mask derived product (above) displayed the rapid growth and movement of the Jones Road Wildfire in eastern New Jersey on 22 April 2025. The initial GOES-19 FDCA fire detection occurred at 1616 UTC. In addition, the maximum... Read More