Fire near Nampula (MZ)

14.80°S, 38.34°E

What the satellites measured

This fire is not in the last thirty days of the fire list, but detections remain around this point: the curve below is rebuilt from the raw pixels, which are kept for a hundred days.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 30 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
23 October at 00:22	1 MW	1	N21
22 October at 18:05	25 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 16:33	17 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:13	12 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 16:03	11 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 14:34	70 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 14:34	145 MW	3	Met9
22 October at 14:13	13 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:49	169 MW	38	N
22 October at 13:43	16 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 13:33	41 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 13:23	62 MW	4	Met12
22 October at 13:15	109 MW	12	N21
22 October at 13:13	47 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 12:30	242 MW	48	N20
22 October at 11:13	24 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 11:04	36 MW	1	Met9
22 October at 11:03	59 MW	3	Met12
22 October at 10:53	37 MW	2	Met12
22 October at 08:53	14 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:43	25 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 08:34	52 MW	1	Met10
22 October at 08:33	21 MW	1	Met12
22 October at 00:40	1 MW	1	N21
21 October at 18:13	16 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:43	38 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 16:23	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 16:20	54 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:19	48 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:13	74 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 16:04	47 MW	1	Met10
21 October at 16:04	46 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 16:03	25 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 15:53	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 14:08	21 MW	4	N
21 October at 13:53	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 13:43	60 MW	3	Met12
21 October at 13:34	145 MW	2	Met10
21 October at 13:34	229 MW	4	Met9
21 October at 13:33	127 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:32	438 MW	43	N21
21 October at 13:23	151 MW	4	Met12
21 October at 13:19	104 MW	2	Met9
21 October at 13:03	13 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:47	434 MW	37	N20
21 October at 12:43	18 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 12:28	86 MW	18	N
21 October at 11:43	27 MW	2	Met12
21 October at 09:13	11 MW	1	Met12
21 October at 01:35	0 MW	1	N
21 October at 00:59	3 MW	3	N21
20 October at 21:23	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 21:03	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:53	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 20:23	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 18:43	22 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 15:34	34 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 15:13	34 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 13:49	164 MW	15	N21
20 October at 13:43	19 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 13:07	284 MW	27	N20
20 October at 12:47	201 MW	25	N
20 October at 12:11	190 MW	22	N21
20 October at 12:03	13 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:53	14 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 11:43	42 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:34	46 MW	1	Met9
20 October at 11:33	68 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 11:03	36 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 10:53	64 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:43	58 MW	3	Met12
20 October at 10:33	12 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:23	16 MW	1	Met12
20 October at 10:13	32 MW	2	Met12
20 October at 01:18	3 MW	4	N21
20 October at 00:33	2 MW	2	N20
20 October at 00:14	2 MW	2	N
19 October at 13:25	185 MW	14	N20
19 October at 13:06	147 MW	15	N
19 October at 12:29	102 MW	9	N21
19 October at 01:35	4 MW	2	N21
19 October at 00:52	4 MW	4	N20
19 October at 00:33	1 MW	1	N
18 October at 13:45	59 MW	8	N20
18 October at 13:24	114 MW	8	N
18 October at 12:47	113 MW	8	N21
18 October at 01:12	1 MW	2	N20
18 October at 00:52	1 MW	2	N
18 October at 00:16	0 MW	1	N21
17 October at 13:06	9 MW	1	N21
17 October at 12:21	15 MW	3	N20
16 October at 13:25	36 MW	3	N21
16 October at 12:43	26 MW	1	N20
16 October at 12:21	6 MW	1	N
16 October at 08:03	23 MW	2	Terra
16 October at 00:08	3 MW	3	N20
15 October at 15:08	47 MW	4	Aqua
15 October at 13:45	90 MW	9	N21
15 October at 13:00	431 MW	43	N20
15 October at 12:41	458 MW	45	N
15 October at 12:04	412 MW	25	N21
15 October at 00:27	4 MW	3	N20
15 October at 00:08	1 MW	1	N
14 October at 13:19	612 MW	50	N20
14 October at 13:00	694 MW	44	N
14 October at 12:21	344 MW	48	N21
14 October at 00:46	1 MW	2	N20
14 October at 00:29	1 MW	1	N
13 October at 23:50	5 MW	2	N21
13 October at 19:56	16 MW	2	Terra
13 October at 15:29	174 MW	11	Aqua
13 October at 13:38	183 MW	20	N20
13 October at 07:46	21 MW	2	Terra
12 October at 13:00	859 MW	83	N21
12 October at 01:24	1 MW	2	N20
12 October at 01:03	2 MW	2	N
12 October at 00:29	2 MW	1	N21
11 October at 20:17	6 MW	1	Terra
11 October at 13:55	380 MW	48	N
11 October at 13:19	1,012 MW	123	N21
11 October at 12:36	496 MW	68	N20
11 October at 12:15	147 MW	21	N
11 October at 01:44	2 MW	2	N20
11 October at 01:24	5 MW	4	N
11 October at 00:46	22 MW	17	N21
11 October at 00:01	8 MW	7	N20
10 October at 19:39	153 MW	4	Terra
10 October at 15:14	392 MW	34	Aqua
10 October at 13:38	593 MW	98	N21
10 October at 12:53	881 MW	112	N20
10 October at 12:34	707 MW	145	N
10 October at 01:05	3 MW	1	N21
10 October at 00:22	3 MW	3	N20
9 October at 14:36	53 MW	2	Aqua
9 October at 13:55	172 MW	10	N21
9 October at 13:13	1,572 MW	136	N20
9 October at 12:53	1,007 MW	111	N
9 October at 12:15	687 MW	95	N21
9 October at 01:24	1 MW	1	N21
9 October at 00:40	5 MW	6	N20
9 October at 00:20	3 MW	2	N
8 October at 19:58	137 MW	8	Terra
8 October at 15:38	615 MW	25	Aqua
8 October at 13:32	1,329 MW	167	N20
8 October at 13:13	1,786 MW	230	N
8 October at 12:36	1,520 MW	167	N21
8 October at 07:46	6 MW	1	Terra
8 October at 00:59	6 MW	6	N20
8 October at 00:40	15 MW	16	N
8 October at 00:01	10 MW	13	N21
7 October at 14:59	696 MW	34	Aqua
7 October at 13:49	1,588 MW	218	N20
7 October at 13:32	2,612 MW	295	N
7 October at 12:53	2,325 MW	285	N21
7 October at 12:11	1,129 MW	110	N20
7 October at 00:59	0 MW	1	N
6 October at 20:19	15 MW	3	Terra
6 October at 13:49	1,062 MW	163	N
6 October at 13:15	1,428 MW	147	N21
6 October at 12:28	718 MW	122	N20
6 October at 01:17	2 MW	2	N
6 October at 00:40	2 MW	2	N21
5 October at 23:55	2 MW	2	N20
5 October at 15:21	146 MW	12	Aqua
5 October at 14:08	69 MW	7	N
5 October at 13:32	374 MW	42	N21
5 October at 12:47	386 MW	53	N20
5 October at 12:28	157 MW	27	N
4 October at 13:06	3 MW	1	N20
1 October at 13:45	77 MW	8	N
1 October at 13:07	33 MW	6	N21
1 October at 12:21	3 MW	1	N20
30 September at 15:29	15 MW	2	Aqua
30 September at 14:02	185 MW	14	N
30 September at 13:25	239 MW	25	N21
30 September at 12:43	319 MW	55	N20
30 September at 12:21	192 MW	22	N
30 September at 01:31	1 MW	2	N
30 September at 00:52	9 MW	7	N21
30 September at 00:08	7 MW	8	N20
29 September at 20:38	44 MW	3	Terra
29 September at 14:49	376 MW	13	Aqua
29 September at 13:45	258 MW	19	N21
29 September at 13:00	464 MW	63	N20
29 September at 12:41	572 MW	50	N
29 September at 12:04	395 MW	18	N21
29 September at 00:27	2 MW	2	N20
28 September at 20:02	54 MW	7	Terra
28 September at 15:50	172 MW	4	Aqua
28 September at 13:19	934 MW	123	N20
28 September at 12:21	1,087 MW	123	N21
28 September at 00:46	3 MW	4	N20
28 September at 00:27	2 MW	1	N
27 September at 23:50	5 MW	2	N21
27 September at 15:12	219 MW	11	Aqua
27 September at 13:38	358 MW	37	N20
27 September at 13:17	534 MW	70	N
27 September at 12:42	455 MW	50	N21
26 September at 13:55	164 MW	18	N20
26 September at 13:38	401 MW	55	N
26 September at 13:00	343 MW	56	N21
26 September at 12:15	31 MW	4	N20
26 September at 01:03	4 MW	2	N
25 September at 19:43	39 MW	1	Terra
25 September at 15:33	214 MW	10	Aqua
25 September at 13:55	545 MW	83	N
25 September at 13:19	1,230 MW	155	N21
25 September at 12:34	801 MW	98	N20
25 September at 12:15	237 MW	30	N
24 September at 14:57	46 MW	4	Aqua
24 September at 13:38	240 MW	31	N21
24 September at 12:53	557 MW	80	N20
24 September at 12:34	271 MW	52	N
23 September at 13:10	10 MW	3	N20
23 September at 12:15	3 MW	1	N21

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