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<\/a>GOES-16 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, center) and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m, right) images, from 1200 UTC to 1900 UTC on 13 November [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>10-minute Full Disk GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and \u201cClean\u201d Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images\u00a0(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed that a wildfire complex in southern Brazil produced a series of 4-5 pyrocumulonimbus<\/strong><\/a> (pyroCb) clouds on 13 November 2023. The coldest pyroCb cloud-top 10.3 \u00b5m brightness temperature was -74.4\u00baC at 1530 UTC<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 Fire Mask (top left), Fire Power (top right), Fire Area (bottom left) and Fire Temperature (bottom right) derived products [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Regarding the wildfire complex that produced those pyroCb clouds, the 4 components of the GOES-16 Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA<\/strong><\/a>) are shown above — and a larger-scale view of the Fire Mask component is shown below.<\/p>\n GOES-16 Fire Mask derived product [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A blend of GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared and “Clean” Infrared Window images with an overlay of GLM<\/strong><\/a> Group Points — created using RealEarth<\/strong><\/a> — revealed that there were periods of significant lightning activity associated with the largest pyroCb cloud as it drifted southward away from the large wildfire complex.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>