GOES-16 Red Visible (0.64 µm) images from 1501-2201 UTC on 12th December, with plots of 15-minute METAR surface reports (cyan). Interstate Highways are plotted in dotted violet. [click to play MP4 animation] GOES-16 (GOES-East) Red Visible (0.64 µm) images (above)

1-minute GOES-18 Fire Temperature RGB images, from 1810 UTC on 7th January to 2359 UTC on 10th January [click to play MP4 animation] 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Fire Temperature RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) highlighted thermal signatures

GOES-18 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), left) and GOES-18 True Color Imagery (right), 1731-2021 UTC, 9 January 2025 CIMSS Scientists are adding more Level 2 GOES products (from both GOES-East and GOES-West) to Geosphere. The animation above shows Aerosol Optical Depth

1-minute GOES-18 Clean Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images, from 0300-2300 UTC on 9th January [click to play MP4 animation] Due to a lack of radar coverage over American Samoa, WSO Pago Pago requested 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector coverage over the

VIIRS Day Night Band visible (0.7 µm) Imagery, 04 – 08 January 2025 (Click to enlarge) Screen captures of VIIRS Day night imagery from NASA Worldview, above, show the distinct signature of light emitted from fires on 8 January. Three

Strong Santa Ana winds and dry conditions caused multiple fires in Los Angeles county on 7-8 January 2025 (here is a blog post on the Palisades fire, for example). What information on these fires is provided by the Next-Generation Fire