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A hot and dry summer season in the Western US has lead to many fires spawning across multiple states. Hundreds of thousands of acres have been burned as wildfires rage from the Pacific Northwest down to the Desert Southwest.
In New Mexico, several large and long-lived wildfires initiated during the months of May and June, including the Indios Fire, Blue 2 Fire, and the South Fork and Salt Fires. The burn scars left behind pose a flash flooding risk for nearby communities in New Mexico, especially as the Southwest monsoon season ramps up.
In the southern parts of Utah, wildfires like the Silver King Fire and Deer Spring Fire spread very rapidly under dry and windy conditions.
Even though summer is only just reaching the halfway mark, California has seen a pretty active fire season. Numerous hotspots have constantly plagued the Golden State over the last few months, with notable large wildfires like the Post Fire, Corral Fire, and Lake Fire situated not too far away from the state’s most populous cities.
In July, a few fires exploded in size across the state of Oregon, with multiple swelling past 100,000 acres.
Combined with the fires raging in western Canada, smoke from the wildfires has draped across North America, creating hazy skies and air quality issues from hundreds of miles away.
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The Mountain Fire burns brightly in the night against nearby city lights in Southern California.
The fire has grown over 20,000 acres in size.
Timespan Start: 2024/11/07 09:18 - 2024/11/08 10:39
A prominent smoke plume from the Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles is driven over the Pacific Ocean from strong Santa Ana winds.
The fast growing fire swelled to almost 15,000 acres in the first 24 hours.
Timespan Start: 2024/11/06 18:11 - 2024/11/07 18:01
Extreme fire weather conditions fuel the fast growing Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles in Southern California
Timespan Start: 2024/11/06 21:39 - 2024/11/06 23:08
Activity increases within the Elk Fire in Northern Wyoming
Timespan Start: 2024/10/16 18:42 - 2024/10/16 22:55
Wildfires continue to ignite and scorch the landscape of the western US.
NOAA-20 captured multiple fires burning under the cover of darkness in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah.
Timespan Start: 2024/10/16 09:23 - 2024/10/16 09:23
Wildfire smoke fills the skies and valleys between mountains in the western US.
Pyrocumulus clouds can be seen emanating from a few of the active fires.
Timespan Start: 2024/10/13 15:01 - 2024/10/13 22:56
Wildfires and smoke plumes bloom across parts of the western US.
Timespan Start: 2024/10/04 16:01 - 2024/10/04 21:16
The Bridge, Line, and Airport fires located in Southern California scorch the mountains surrounding the Los Angeles metro area.
This imagery taken from JPSS satellites shows the three fires and their burn scars.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/10 20:19 - 2024/09/12 21:24
In Southern California, just outside of Los Angeles, several wildfires burn with ferocity.
NOAA-21 was able to capture the glowing flames against the nearby bright city lights.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/10 09:53 - 2024/09/10 09:53
JPSS satellites captured pyrocumulus clouds emanating from the raging Lava Fire in western Idaho.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/08 20:19 - 2024/09/08 21:08
In the Pacific Northwest, wildfires scorch lands and billow smoke into the atmosphere.
In Oregon, the Rail Ridge fire has grown to nearly 83,000 acres since it ignited on September 2nd.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/05 14:31 - 2024/09/05 23:06
Thick wildfire smoke swirls around a low over the Pacific Northwest.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/03 14:16 - 2024/09/03 16:56
NOAA-21 noticed the burn scars left behind by the recent fires that started in Wyoming using the Day/Night Band.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/27 09:19 - 2024/08/27 09:19
The House Draw fire in northeastern Wyoming exploded in size overnight.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/21 16:01 - 2024/08/22 16:01
JPSS polar-orbiting satellites keep watch on fire hotspots that are torching land in western Idaho.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/17 19:20 - 2024/08/20 21:50
The Park Fire continues to rage in northern California as several other fires in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington also burn with ferocity, unleashing smoky skies across the western US.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/08 14:31 - 2024/08/09 01:31
A low deck of thick stratus clouds permeates the western portions of Oregon and Washington while smoke from nearby fires fills some of the surrounding clearer skies.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/13 08:46 - 2024/08/13 18:31
Multiple large wildfires rage in Southern California as their pyrocumulus plumes billow.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/09 16:00 - 2024/09/10 00:51
Three large wildfires (the Bridge, Line, and Airport Fires) continue to burn in Southern California.
Timespan Start: 2024/09/10 15:01 - 2024/09/11 00:56
The Park Fire in California continues to grow, as do many in Oregon, including the Crazy Creek, Falls, and Telephone Fires.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/05 20:01 - 2024/08/06 02:01
Numerous wildfires burn across Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/04 14:01 - 2024/08/05 02:01
Wildfire smoke continues to infiltrate across North America as JPSS satellites captured hazy skies above the central US this afternoon.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/23 17:00 - 2024/07/23 20:10
Much of the United States wakes up to incredibly smoky skies.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/23 12:30 - 2024/07/23 15:30
Suomi-NPP captured several large wildfires burning brightly in Oregon on early Sunday morning. Smoke from the fires was also observed, casting a haze that was illuminated by the flames below and the full moon above.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/21 09:39 - 2024/07/21 09:39
Wildfires burn strong throughout the western US and southwest Canada from this imagery from over the weekend, creating smokey skies for many across North America. In Oregon, several fires have exceeded 100,000 acres in size.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/20 14:01 - 2024/07/21 01:56
As the sun rises across the US this morning, many locations are experiencing some level of haze as smoke drifts through the skies above, created by wildfires in western states and in portions of western Canada.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/19 13:00 - 2024/07/19 16:00
The Falls Fire in Oregon grew over 9,000 acres on July 15th, bringing to the total area to over 64,000 acres.
Timespan Start: -
Wildfires blaze across the Northwestern US as temperatures remain hot across the region.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/15 18:01 - 2024/07/16 02:01
Over the weekend, a wildfire ignited in the hills of the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California, swelling to over 20,000 acres. JPSS satellites have been observing the growing burn scar and raging flames of the Lake Fire in the days since.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/06 20:39 - 2024/07/08 20:28
The Silver King Fire and the Deer Springs Fire in southern Utah saw massive growth over the Fourth of July weekend, with both increasing to around 10,000 acres in size by Sunday night.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/07 19:40 - 2024/07/07 20:30
Multiple wildfires burn across the Western US as temperatures across the region soar to record heights.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/07 13:30 - 2024/07/08 02:00
Just southwest of Pueblo, Colorado, the Oak Ridge Fire has grown to over 1000 acres since its detection this past weekend. The VIIRS instrument onboard JPSS polar-orbiting satellites was able to detect the growing flames in the last few days.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/24 19:49 - 2024/06/26 19:59
The Foote Fire in eastern Arizona burns as thunderstorms build over the South Fork and Salt fires in southcentral New Mexico.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/19 13:30 - 2024/06/20 01:20
Polar-orbiting satellites were able to capture the smoke as it lingered over the Central US, as well as the initial convection of the nearby line of thunderstorms.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/18 18:50 - 2024/06/18 19:40
Smoke from the wildfires in New Mexico drifted into the wind flow of an upper-level trough today, floating across the Great Plains. Severe thunderstorms initiated close by in the afternoon along the leading edge of a cold front.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/18 12:41 - 2024/06/18 23:41
The South Fork Fire and Salt Fire in central New Mexico have both erupted in size since yesterday, releasing large smoke plumes into the atmosphere. Suomi-NPP was able to utilize the Day/Night band last night to capture the bright burning hotspots of the fires, as well as the smoke plume illuminated by moonlight.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/18 08:18 - 2024/06/18 08:18
Over the last 48 hours, the Post Fire exploded to over 15,000 acres in the Hungry Valley Park, located in Southern California northwest of Los Angeles. Smoke from the fire can be seen in this imagery from VIIRS polar-orbiting satellites yesterday drifting down towards the second most populous city in the US.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/16 20:09 - 2024/06/16 21:29
A pyrocumulus cloud is expelled from the newly burning Post Fire northwest of Los Angeles.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/15 22:00 - 2024/06/16 00:59
Fueled by dry, warm air and gusty winds, the Corral Fire, which began burning in Northern California on Saturday, grew to a size of over 14,000 acres by the end of the weekend. Yesterday afternoon, NOAA-21 was able to get a clear view of the burn scar left behind by the flames.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/02 20:49 - 2024/06/03 20:49
Timespan Start: 2024/05/24 09:09 - 2024/05/24 09:59
Back on May 19, lightning ignited the Indios Fire in the Chama River Canyon Wilderness of northern New Mexico. This imagery shows the evolution of the wildfire over the last few weeks, taken in high-resolution from JPSS satellites as it expanded to over 11,000 acres.
Timespan Start: 2024/05/19 20:08 - 2024/06/05 19:48
Multiple fires burn across the northern Rocky Mountains, filling the skies with smoke.
Timespan Start: 2024/10/06 15:00 - 2024/10/06 23:20
Smoke swirls in the skies of the Central US from wildfires in the West.
Timespan Start: 2024/10/10 14:20 - 2024/10/10 18:30
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