| 1996 Sep 05 00:56 UT |
This image was aquired by NOAA 12 at 00:56 UT over the western U.S.
This was an evening pass.
Map of the pass
Channel 3 view of the data
Clouds are black over the center and eastern side. On the western side
they are partially illuminated by the low sun.
This pass does not cover the far west well and clouds obscure
some of the area covered. The fire in central Idaho was seen through
breaks in the clouds but no images of it are shown here. The main fires
seen in this pass are in Wyoming and southern Montana.
Yellowstone area
The low sun gives enough illumination to confuse the channel 3 images a bit
but not enough to make a useful color composite. The clouds also cause poor
results for the color composite.
A
channel 3 image from Sep 03 helps clarify what is seen in this
image. The fire in northern Yellowstone is seen well and the fire
to it's northeast is also visible as a small bright area. The bright spot
south of Jackson, Wy. is also visible and is most likely a real fire.
Wyoming
The channel 3 image shows the fire on the northeast side of the Bighorn
Mountains is quite visible. Other fires are visible on the north border
near the northwest corner, at the top edge of the image in southern
Montana, and near the north shore of Yellowstone Lake. A bright area is seen
in east central Wyoming, southeast of the Bighorn fire and another near the
center of the western border. The reality of these is not certain from this
image.
