Goes West Satellite Fires

19 2020 noaa s goes west satellite captured the above geocolor image loop of massive wildfire smoke plumes billowing from california and areas of the rocky mountains.

Goes west satellite fires. Pdt on august 14 engulfed over 17 square miles and are at 12 containment the combination of geocolor the fire temperature product and band 2 which has the finest resolution of all of goes r satellites. Real time satellite fire monitoring goes west. To the north a mid latitude cyclone spins over the gulf of alaska while hurricane genevieve continues its path toward baja california. Goes west pacus full disk pacific northwest pacific southwest u s.

Imagery available about 25 minutes later. Fires spread across california. During post launch testing of the goes 17 abi instrument an issue with the instrument s cooling system was discovered. Extreme eastern pacific imagery is also available on the west atlantic imagery.

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In this imagery from august 19 2020 which combines geocolor imagery with the fire temperature data product both the fires hotspots and smoke plumes are visible. As the southwestern united states endures a record heat wave the.