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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-07-17 |
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| Time: | 18:31:19 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-07-17 18:35:59 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20241991831190_e20241991833563_c20241991834048.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20241991826190_e20241991828563_c20241991829037.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OR |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Lake County, OR |
| NWS WFO | Medford OR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-17 18:31:55UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.490000°, -120.850000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.31 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 315.78 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.99 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.79 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.73 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.67 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.92 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.24 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.78 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.31 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 29.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Riverside County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Phoenix AZ |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-17 18:32:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.810000°, -115.400000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 514.35 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) | 340.28 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.87 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.40 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 35.42 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.45 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.30 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 7.30 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 | 206.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 20.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 48.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 19.80 km2 |
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