{"id":61655,"date":"2024-11-09T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=61655"},"modified":"2024-12-07T00:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T00:13:22","slug":"jennings-creek-wildfire-along-the-new-jersey-new-york-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/61655","title":{"rendered":"Jennings Creek Wildfire along the New Jersey-New York border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GOES-16 Nighttime Microphysics + daytime True Color RGB images, from 2131 UTC on 8th November to 2106 UTC on 9th November [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>\n

5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> Nighttime Microphysics RGB<\/strong><\/a> + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere<\/strong><\/a> site (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the nocturnal thermal signatures (darker shades of violet) of a few wildfires in the vicinity or the New Jersey-New York border — particularly that associated with the larger and persistent Jennings Creek Wildfire along the border — along with the distinct Jennings Creek Wildfire smoke plume that moved southeast across the New York City area and adjacent offshore waters during the day on 9th November 2024<\/strong><\/a>. The fire caused some local road closures, and there was 1 firefighter fatality.<\/p>\n

GOES-16 Visible images with an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (a component of the FDCA<\/strong><\/a>) (below)<\/strong><\/em> also displayed the Jennings Creek Wildfire thermal signature and smoke plume — plots of Ceiling and Visibility showed that this smoke occasionally reduced the surface visibility to 4-6 miles at a few of the New York City area airports (visibility in miles is the number plotted to the bottom left of each 4-letter station identifier).<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 Red Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with an overlay of the GOES-16 Fire Mask derived product and hourly plots of Ceiling and Visibility (cyan) [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>\n

A Pilot Report over far northeast New Jersey at 1550 UTC (below)<\/strong><\/em> indicated the presence of heavy smoke (+FU) at an altitude of 1700 ft — which was restricting the flight-level visibility to 1-1\/2 statute miles.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 Red Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) image with an overlay of the GOES-16 Fire Mask derived product at 1551 UTC — and cursor sampling of a Pilot Report at 1550 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n

GOES-16 Aerosol Optical Depth<\/strong><\/a> values over the NYC area were occasionally at or slightly above 1.0, as depicted by darker red pixels (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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GOES-16 Red Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) image with an overlay of the GOES-16 Fire Mask and Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) derived products at 1901 UTC — and cursor sampling of the LaGuardia Airport METAR (cyan) and nearby AOD value (yellow) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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NEW INCIDENT – WILDFIRE ALERT: Jennings Creek Wildfire – West Milford, Passaic County@NJDEPForestFire<\/a> is on scene of a wildfire burning in the area of Greenwood Lake Turnpike and East Shore Rd in West Milford, Passaic County. The fire is also burning in Orange County, New York. pic.twitter.com\/fBo98MFVPh<\/a><\/p>— New Jersey Forest Fire Service (@njdepforestfire) November 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>