CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 26, 2026

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CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog was updated with the following posts: "Reflection of sunlight off the Topaz Solar Farms in southern California" (Jun. 18), "Iron Fire forces evacuations in Eureka, Utah — and the Starry Fire forces evacuations in Anderson, Alaska" (Jun. 20) and "Cottonwood Fire in Utah produces multiple pyrocumulonimbus clouds" (Jun. 23). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS)

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Figure: 16-panel image of all GOES-18 ABI spectral bands at 1838 UTC on June 18, 2026 -- showing either reflectance or thermal signatures of sunlight reflecting off the Topaz Solar Farms in Southern California.

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Figure: GOES-18 GeoColor RGB image with an overlay of NGFS Fire Detection polygons at 2124 UTC on June 20, 2026 -- showing the thermal signature, pyrocumulus clouds and dense smoke plume associated with the Iron Fire in northern Utah, which forced evacuation orders for parts of Eureka.

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