* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non=operational *A comparison of GOES-15 (GOES-West), GOES-14, GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the thermal anomaly or “hot spot” (dark black to red pixels) associated with the Carr Fire in northern California on 11 August 2018. A GOES-16 Mesoscale Domain Sector was providing... Read More

Numerous wildfires burning in southwestern Canada (primarily British Columbia: NOAA HMS fire/smoke product) produced large amounts of smoke, which was subsequently transported eastward across southern Canada and then southward across the Midwestern US during the 09 August – 11 August 2018 period. GOES-16 (GOES-East) Natural Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images from the AOS site (above) showed this... Read More