{"id":43023,"date":"2021-10-28T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=43023"},"modified":"2021-10-30T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:07:19","slug":"buck-fire-in-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/43023","title":{"rendered":"Buck Fire in North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211028_goes16_trueColorRGB_TX_fire_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/GOES-16_ABI_RadM2_true_color_2021301_220355Z.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"680\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211028_goes16_trueColorRGB_TX_fire_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1-minute&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/23225\"><strong>Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;GOES-16&nbsp;<em>(GOES-East)<\/em> True Color RGB images created using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/software\/geo2grid\/\"><strong>Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>(above) <\/strong><\/em>showed a distinct smoke plume associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/article\/67525\"><strong>Buck Fire<\/strong><\/a> in North Texas on 28 October 2021. The fire spread rapidly toward the southeast, driven by strong northwesterly winds gusting in excess of 40 knots. Note that the brighter white smoke plume was embedded within broader plumes of blowing dust <em>(shades tan to light brown)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a sequence of 1-minute GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band02.pdf\"><strong>0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band07.pdf\"><strong>3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images along with 5-minute Fire Temperature and Fire Power derived products &#8212; all with an overlay of 5-minute Visible <a href=\"http:\/\/rammb.cira.colostate.edu\/training\/visit\/training_sessions\/goes_r_derived_motion_vectors\/\"><strong>Derived Motion Winds<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>(below<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>, <\/em>the maximum surface 3.9 \u00b5m brightness temperature sensed with this fire was 138.7\u00baC (which is the saturation temperature for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/spacesegment\/abi.html\"><strong>ABI<\/strong><\/a> Band 7 detectors), the peak Fire Temperature exceeded 2900 K and the Fire Power reached 1800 MW (the Fire Temperature and Fire Power derived products are components of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm <a href=\"http:\/\/rammb.cira.colostate.edu\/training\/visit\/training_sessions\/goes_r_fire_surface_properties\/video\/presentation_html5.html?lms=1\"><strong>FDCA<\/strong><\/a>). Derived Motion Winds tracked the smoke plume moving southeastward at speeds up to 49 knots.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211028_goes16_visible_shortwaveInfrared_fireTemperature_firePower_derivedMotionWinds_TX_fire_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/tx_vis-20211028_222855.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Visible, Shortwave Infrared, Fire Temperature, and Fire Power with an overlay of Derived Motion Winds [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211028_goes16_visible_shortwaveInfrared_fireTemperature_firePower_derivedMotionWinds_TX_fire_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was a little bit breezy for some of y\u2019all today, wasn\u2019t it? Here are some of the highest official gusts we\u2019ve seen across the area as of 5PM: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sjtwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sjtwx<\/a><br><br>52 MPH \u2013 Haskell<br>51 MPH \u2013 Brownwood<br>49 MPH \u2013 Throckmorton <br>46 MPH \u2013 Stamford <br>43 MPH \u2013 Abilene Airport<br>40 MPH \u2013 San Saba<\/p>&mdash; NWS San Angelo (@NWSSanAngelo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSanAngelo\/status\/1453848418615447552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>===== 29 October Update =====<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_0816utc_noaa20_viirs_dayNightBand_Buck_Fire_TX.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_0816utc_noaa20_viirs_dayNightBand_Buck_Fire_TX.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 VIIRS DayNight Band image at 0816 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the subsequent nighttime hours, the bright glow of the Buck Fire could be seen on a NOAA-20 VIIRS Day\/Night Band image at 0816 UTC or 3:16 am CDT, as viewed using <a href=\"http:\/\/realearth.ssec.wisc.edu\"><strong>RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The fire continued to burn into the following day &#8212; and the burn scar could be seen in NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color and False Color images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_1930utc_noaa20_trueColorRGB_falseColorRGB_Buck_Fire_TX_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_1930utc_noaa20_trueColorRGB_falseColorRGB_Buck_Fire_TX_anim.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color and False Color RGB images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GOES-16 True Color RGB images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> again displayed a long smoke plume that was transported southeastward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_goes16_trueColorRGB_Buck_Fire_TX_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/GOES-16_ABI_RadC_true_color_2021302_223617Z.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"680\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211029_goes16_trueColorRGB_Buck_Fire_TX_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1-minute&nbsp;Mesoscale Domain Sector&nbsp;GOES-16&nbsp;(GOES-East) True Color RGB images created using&nbsp;Geo2Grid (above) showed a distinct smoke plume associated with the Buck Fire in North Texas on 28 October 2021. The fire spread rapidly toward the southeast, driven by strong northwesterly winds gusting in excess of 40 knots. Note that the brighter white smoke plume was embedded within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":43053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,74,78,53,45,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire-detection","category-goes-16","category-noaa-20","category-real-earth","category-redgreenblue-rgb-images","category-viirs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43023"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43057,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43023\/revisions\/43057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}