Observed thermal detection
Archived · Heat measured near Elvas, Portalegre
Archived after 7 days without detections. No satellite detection does not mean an area is safe. Cloud, sensor timing and heat below a sensor’s threshold can hide activity.
Satellite
Where the measurements are
Heat marks show satellite measurements. Orbit tracks are modelled; glow sizes and place-label positions are display context.
What each mark means
Footprint at this scaleVIIRS (NASA) 375 m · not drawnMeteosat (EUMETSAT) about 1–3 km per cell · not drawn
- VIIRS (NASA)375 m
No detections stored for this frame. VIIRS last passed over . No VIIRS detection has been recorded for this event — that describes our coverage, not an all-clear.
- Meteosat (EUMETSAT)about 1–3 km per cell
Measures radiated power, which is what sizes the glow. Its individual pixel positions are not stored, so no Meteosat footprint is drawn — inferring one from the sharper layer would put a detection pixel on ground nobody measured.
- True geographic scale, corrected for latitude. Frame is about 48 km across.
- The glow means “an event, roughly here”. Its area follows the measured power and its radius is capped, because an uncapped one would assert a burnt extent nobody measured. The number carries the magnitude.
- Grey marks detections shown as history, including those on quiet or archived events. It does not establish that a later satellite pass measured no activity.
- Coastline, lakes and borders come from a generalised map with about 1,7 km between vertices, so treat every line as the shape of the geography and not as a surveyed boundary. It is drawn under the data and never over it.
- Place names sit at their own coordinates from an offline index of populated places. They say what is near the measurements — not that any named place is burning, and not how far the heat reaches.
Archived
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Official
Official source record
Official information is shown separately and takes precedence over satellite interpretation.
Official feeds are currently integrated for Portugal only.
- ANEPC — Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil
ELVAS, Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova, Elvas
Authority status: Em Conclusão
An authority link is not a fire classification.
Nearby authority report — not anchored to this event.
9 Oct 2026, 12:32 UTC- Source start time
- 9 Oct 2026, 11:44 UTC
- Personnel
- 21
- Vehicles
- 8
- Aircraft
- 0
Satellite
Current facts
No satellite detection does not mean an area is safe. Cloud, sensor timing and heat below a sensor’s threshold can hide activity.
MTG · VIIRS · Official
Verification ladder
- ConfirmedNot yet observed
Two independent satellite looks recorded the same heat; one power reading or one VIIRS detection alone does not establish this step. Confirming sensors: unknown in the public record.
- QuantifiedObserved
The heat here has a number on it — radiated power, in megawatts — and the number is what lets one reading be compared with another from the same time of day, day by day. Between measurements it says nothing. Measured by: Meteosat (EUMETSAT).
- Linked to an official sourceObserved
An official update has been matched to this event. Official information outranks everything above it. ANEPC — Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil
peak 12.9 MW · Meteosat · · 9 Oct 2026, 06:40 UTC
What each sensor measured
Meteosat looks every ten minutes; VIIRS passes a few times a day. The contrast is the point — between sharp passes there is no new sharp knowledge, only the ten-minute layer.
VIIRS · Meteosat
Observation history
Day and night observations stay labelled. REYKR does not compare unlike times of day.
Measurement record
Measured from 9 Oct 2026, 06:30 to the most recent observation on 9 Oct 2026, 07:40. Satellite readings in the 72 hours shown: 8, from Meteosat (EUMETSAT). Highest power measured across the whole record: 48.8 MW, Meteosat (EUMETSAT) — 9 Oct 2026, 06:40, .
This is a record of what satellites have measured so far, not a statement that the activity has ended. Only an official source can say that, and heat can return to ground that has gone quiet.
Observations from the 72 hours up to 9 Oct 2026, 07:40 UTC.
- 9 Oct 2026, 07:40Meteosat1 detections · average 3.2 MW · peak 3.2 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 07:30Meteosat2 detections · average 4.1 MW · peak 5 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 07:20Meteosat2 detections · average 4.8 MW · peak 6.3 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 07:10Meteosat1 detections · average 9.3 MW · peak 9.3 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 07:00Meteosat2 detections · average 7.9 MW · peak 10.4 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 06:50Meteosat4 detections · average 6.9 MW · peak 12 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 06:40Meteosat6 detections · average 8.1 MW · peak 12.9 MWNight
- 9 Oct 2026, 06:30Meteosat2 detections · average 4.2 MW · peak 5.1 MWNight
Nearby
Other detections nearby
Other satellite-observed events within 100 km, nearest first — up to six shown.
Alentejo
5.8 km away
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8.7 km away
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9.2 km away
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9.3 km away
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10 km away
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11 km away
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Questions about these readings
What has been observed near Elvas, Portalegre?
Archived after 7 days without detections. No satellite detection does not mean an area is safe. Cloud, sensor timing and heat below a sensor’s threshold can hide activity.
When was the last measurement near Elvas, Portalegre?
9 Oct 2026, 07:40 UTC
How current is the last measurement near Elvas, Portalegre?
No signals: safe?
No. No detection is not proof of safety: cloud, missed passes, sub-threshold heat or failed reads leave activity unknown.
Missing or misplaced?
Outside coverage or without usable observations: unknown. Meteosat floor about 12 MW; VIIRS 375 m; Meteosat about 1–3 km. Approximate areas, not fire boundaries.
Data age?
Meteosat: every 10 min; median publication lag about 17 min, no deadline. VIIRS: usually 1–3 h after a pass. ANEPC: at least 600 s (10 min) between polls; no publication guarantee. Age per reading.
Sources?
Official above satellite. ANEPC: Portugal only. Meteosat (EUMETSAT); VIIRS (NASA): Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21. Suomi-NPP retirement planned 1 November 2026.