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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-07-14 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:56:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-07-14 18:00:57 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20241961756183_e20241961758556_c20241961759023.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20241961751183_e20241961753556_c20241961754020.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Powder River County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Billings MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-14 17:56:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.000000°, -105.930000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 95.28 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: LINE CREEK (HIGH, tdiff=0.08755 days, PERIMETER) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 317.32 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.00 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.46 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.39 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.67 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.32 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.06 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 20 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.82 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 50.57 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 27.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 68.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 22.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NV |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Clark County, NV |
| NWS WFO | Las Vegas NV |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-14 17:57:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.800000°, -114.960000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 690.27 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 344.26 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 19.86 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.88 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.85 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 39.11 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.50 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.69 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 17.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.76 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 213.80 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 27.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 48.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 27.70 km2 |
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