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<\/a>GOES-17 Fire Temperature RGB (top left) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, top right), with GOES-16 Fire Power (bottom left) and Fire Temperature (bottom right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West)<\/em> Fire Temperature RGB and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) along with 5-minute GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> Fire Power and Fire Temperature (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed thermal signatures of the Calf Canyon Fire<\/strong><\/a> and the Cerra Pelado Fire<\/strong><\/a> in northern New Mexico on 08 May 2022<\/strong><\/a>. The Fire Temperature and Fire Power derived products are components of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The northern portion of the Calf Canyon Fire exhibited extreme behavior, with rapid intensification and rates of spread that led to evacuation orders being issued for 2 communities just north of Mora. That part of the fire also exhibited maximum 3.9 \u00b5m brightness temperatures of 138.71\u00baC \u2014 which is the saturation temperature of <\/span>ABI<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> Band 7 detectors — beginning around 1900 UTC<\/span>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> (below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the dense smoke plumes (pale shades of white) from the the wildfires, in addition to broad plumes of blowing dust (shades of tan) originating in northwestern New Mexico — strong winds<\/strong><\/a> across the region aided in the rapid northeastward transport of these aerosols.<\/p>\n GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 Split Window Difference (10.3 \u00b5m \u2013 12.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below)<\/strong><\/em> include plots of hourly surface visibility — as the plume of blowing dust (shades of yellow to blue) from northwestern New Mexico was transported northeastward across Colorado, it appears to have played a role in reducing the visibility to as little as 2-3 miles at some locations (although local blowing dust sources may have also contributed to these low visibility values).<\/p>\n<\/a>