Is there a fire near Sherbrooke right now?

Wildfires near Sherbrooke, QC

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No satellite-detected fires within 80 km of Sherbrooke in the last 24 h Nearest detected fire: about 93 km WSW, 19 km S of Farnham.

Live satellite fire detections within 80 km of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, grouped into fire clusters, with the wind direction for smoke. Times are local (America/Toronto).

Fire clusters within 80 km
0 last 24 h
Nearest fire
93 km WSW
Hotspot detections nearby
0 VIIRS 375 m pixels, last 24 h
Wind now
SSE 5 km/h gusts 6 km/h, humidity 43%

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Fires near Sherbrooke right now

No VIIRS thermal hotspots were detected within 80 km of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in the last 24 h. The nearest detection cluster is about 93 km WSW (19 km S of Farnham), with 1 detection. A clear result only covers satellite passes: small fires, fires under cloud and fires that start after the last overpass will not show yet.

Across Canada there are 75 fire clusters in the same window, 5 of them in Quebec.

Smoke and wind

Wind at Sherbrooke is from the SSE at 5 km/h (gusts 6 km/h), so smoke near the city drifts toward the NNW. Relative humidity is 43% and the temperature 7°C.

Smoke shows up first as PM2.5 on air-quality monitors; the Sherbrooke air quality page has the live reading.

Evacuations and official information

GodsView shows satellite detections only. It does not know fire perimeters, containment or evacuation zones. Always follow evacuation orders from local authorities.

CIFFC (ciffc.net) publishes the national wildfire situation; provincial fire status and evacuation alerts come from SOPFEU (sopfeu.qc.ca). Alertable and local emergency alerts carry evacuation orders.

About satellite fire detections

Satellite thermal hotspots are not all wildfires: gas flares, steel works, volcanoes and planned agricultural or prescribed burns show up too. VIIRS passes over most places about twice a day, so a fire can start or grow between passes, and thick smoke or cloud can hide one.

Fire radiative power (FRP) is the heat a fire gives off, in megawatts per pixel: under 10 MW is usually a small or smouldering fire, over 100 MW an intense flaming front.

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Data: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS active fires), Open-Meteo, GeoNames.