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<\/a>GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 um)<\/em> and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 um)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 um<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 um<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed smoke plumes and hot thermal signatures associated with wildfires between Pueblo (MMPB) and Veracruz (MMVC) in southern Mexico — smoke from these fire was drifting westward over the Mexico City (MMMX) area.<\/p>\n Farther to the east, GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared images (below)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the hot thermal signatures of widespread agricultural fires across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Such fires occur here and over much of Central America as farmers prepare their fields for another round of crop planting.<\/p>\n GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 um)<\/em> images [click to play animation | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>On a larger scale, GOES-16 True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images created using Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the northward transport of smoke across the Gulf of Mexico, which made it as far north as southern Texas by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<\/a>