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<\/a>GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, top right), Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m, bottom left) and Fire Temperature (bottom right) [click to play animated GIF |\u00a0MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) images along with 5-minute Fire Temperature images (above)<\/strong><\/em> showed intensification of 3 portions of the combined Calf Canyon Fire<\/strong><\/a> and Hermits Peak Fire<\/strong><\/a> in New Mexico on 01 May 2022. Active fire behavior was aided by surface winds gusts in the 45-54 mph<\/strong><\/a> range and very dry air within the boundary layer; these large fires also burned very hot,\u00a0with 3.9 \u00b5m Shortwave Infrared brightness temperatures reaching 138.71\u00baC \u2014 the saturation temperature of\u00a0<\/span>ABI<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> Band 7 detectors.<\/span> Coldest 10.35 \u00b5m cloud-top brightness temperatures of intermittent pyroCumulus clouds were around -37\u00baC (darker yellow enhancement). The Fire Temperature derived product is a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n However, in a comparison of 375-meter resolution NOAA-20 VIIRS True Color RGB, Shortwave Infrared (3.74 \u00b5m) and Infrared Window (11.45 \u00b5m) images valid at 2026 UTC<\/strong><\/a> — downloaded and processed using the SSEC\/CIMSS Direct Broadcast ground station (below)<\/strong><\/em>, a small cluster of cloud-top 11.45 \u00b5m brightness temperatures of -40 to -43.6\u00baC (red enhancement) indicated that this feature met the criteria for classification as a pyrocumulonimbus<\/strong><\/a> cloud.<\/p>\n