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23K views · 249 reactions | NOAA satellites are continuing to monitor wildfires throughout the US. Yesterday, GOES East captured this imagery of massive smoke plumes from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fires, Cooks Peak fire, and Cerro Pelado fire as well as the associated hot spots (red) in New Mexico. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

This video, based on data from the NOAA Global Forecast System weather model, shows global winds and predicted amounts of precipitation for the storm forecast to hit the Eastern U.S. January 22-23, 2016.This model, which provides three-hour time increments for dozens of global variables, is one of the most widely used numerical forecast models in the world and is updated every six hours. The winds are depicted using tracers to show wind speed and direction. This particular variable shown here re