![\"GOES-16](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/03\/200307_goes16_visible_shortwaveInfrared_firePower_fireTemperature_OK_grassfire_anim.gif\")
<\/a>GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, top left),<\/em> Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, top right),<\/em> Fire Power (bottom<\/em> left)<\/em> and Fire Temperature (bottom right)<\/em> [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images along with 5-minute Fire Power and Fire Temperature products (which are components of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (SHyMet<\/strong><\/a> | ATBD<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>showed the rapid northeastward run (as fast as 103 feet per minute<\/strong><\/a>) of the 13,000 acre “Beaver Fire” (also known as the “412 Fire”) in the Oklahoma Panhandle on 07 March 2020<\/strong><\/a>. An elevated thermal signature on Shortwave Infrared imagery first began to appear southwest of Beaver, OK around 1546 UTC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 — and 3.9 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperatures eventually peaked around 139\u00baC. Maximum Fire Power and Fire Temperature values exceeded 3100 MW and 2900 K, respectively. Fire Warnings<\/strong><\/a> were issued, with residents of Beaver and Forgan being advised to evacuate as the fire rapidly approached. In Visible imagery, the dark signature of a long, narrow vegetation burn scar was evident \u2014 and pyrocumulus clouds were seen developing over the fire. @NWSDodgeCity<\/a> @NWSAmarillo<\/a> photos taken at 4:49 4:53 and 4:55 PM about 4 miles N of the KS-OK State line. Best view of the pyroCu I\u2019ve had. pic.twitter.com\/j2nQyGqd6a<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 C W (@wilscale) March 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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![1546 UTC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 — and 3.9 \u00b5m infrared brightness temperatures eventually peaked around 139\u00baC. Maximum Fire Power and Fire Temperature values exceeded 3100 MW and 2900 K, respectively. Fire Warnings<\/strong><\/a> were issued, with residents of Beaver and Forgan being advised to evacuate as the fire rapidly approached. In Visible imagery, the dark signature of a long, narrow vegetation burn scar was evident \u2014 and pyrocumulus clouds were seen developing over the fire.\n<\/p>\n\n@NWSDodgeCity<\/a> @NWSAmarillo<\/a> photos taken at 4:49 4:53 and 4:55 PM about 4 miles N of the KS-OK State line. Best view of the pyroCu I\u2019ve had. pic.twitter.com\/j2nQyGqd6a<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 C W (@wilscale) March 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2020\/03\/ok-20200307_154652.png\"){kind=link}