![\"GOES-16](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/190703_goes16_nearInfrared_shortwaveInfrared_glm_groups_KY_fire_anim.gif\")
<\/a>GOES-16 Near-Infrared “Snow\/Ice” (1.61 \u00b5m, left),<\/em> Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 \u00b5m, center)<\/em> and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, right)<\/em> images – GLM Groups are plotted in red on the 3.9 \u00b5m images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> Near-Infrared “Snow\/Ice” (1.61 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 \u00b5m) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> revealed nighttime thermal signatures of a fire at a Jim Beam bourbon warehouse in Versailles, Kentucky on 03 July 2019. The fire reportedly began to burn around 0330 UTC (11:30 PM EDT on 02 July); it was thought that the fire may have been started by a lightning strike — and GOES-16 GLM Groups<\/strong><\/a> did indeed portray lightning activity associated with thunderstorms that were dissipating over the area around that time.<\/p>\n The nighttime thermal signatures seen on near-infrared 1.61 \u00b5m and 2.24 \u00b5m images (brighter white pixels)<\/em> result from the fact that those two ABI<\/strong><\/a> spectral bands are located close to the peak emitted radiance of very hot features such as volcanic eruptions or large fires (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n