The “Hardluck Fire” located in the Shoshone National Forest in far northwestern Wyoming (InciWeb | Wildfire Today) — which was thought to have been started by lightning on 17 July 2013 — experienced a large flare-up (growing 3350 acres, for a total of 4580 acres burned) during the afternoon hours on 26 July 2013 which […]

The Carpenter 1 Fire (InciWeb) was started by lightning in the Spring Mountains west of Las Vegas, Nevada on 01 July 2013. Three days later, on 04 July 2013, a comparison of GOES-15 (GOES-West) 0.63 µm visible channel and 3.9 µm shortwave IR images (above; click to play animation) showed the development of a large […]

The Yarnell Hill Fire (InciWeb) was a relatively small wildfire that was started by lightning from a dry thunderstorm southwest of Prescott, Arizona on 28 June 2013. However, fire conditions became more favorable for rapid growth on 30 June, as surface air  temperatures rose above 100 F across the area with low relative humidity values. […]

McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud from the West Fork fire complex rapidly penetrating the tops of surrounding orographically-induced cumulonimbus (Cb) clouds, beginning around 20:10 UTC or 2:10 PM local time on 28 June 2013. […]

The Silver Fire continued to burn on June 27, 2013 in Southwestern New Mexico.  GOES-13  0.63 micrometer visible imagery (above, left panel; click image to play) show a smoke plume erupting from the desert during the late morning and early afternoon hours of the 27th.  After the smoke plume is evident, a large pyrocumulonimbus forms […]

The West Fork Fire continued to burn on June 26, 2013 in South Central Colorado.  This fire had its origins three weeks earlier on June 5, 2013.  GOES-13  0.63 micrometer visible imagery (above, left panel; click image to play) show a smoke plume erupting from the mountain fire during the early afternoon hours of the […]