AURSEEAursee · notable fire
Fire near Ngukurr, Northern Territory, Australia, September 2026
Detected · VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21) · -15.504, 133.716 · first seen 22 September 2026, 15:33 UTC
11,073 MWpeak summed radiative power, 22 Sep
577detections on that day
40 kmwidest extent of the group
4days in the record
First detected 22 September 2026, 15:33 UTC, 139 km SW of Ngukurr. Last detected 25 September 2026, 16:37 UTC.
Day by day
Summed radiative power per UTC day, MW.
| Day (UTC) | MW | Detections | Extent km | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 11,073 | 577 | 32 | 46% |
| 2026-09-23 | 10,950 | 666 | 31 | 55% |
| 2026-09-24 | 7,071 | 880 | 40 | 58% |
| 2026-09-25 | 6,006 | 406 | 32 | 9.0% |
MW is fire radiative power summed over every detection grouped into the fire in a 24-hour window, across three satellites. Extent is the width of the group of detections, not a mapped perimeter. Night is the share of detections from the night pass. How these are measured.
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