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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-07-21 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 16:11:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-07-21 16:16:08 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242031611183_e20242031613556_c20242031614038.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242031606183_e20242031608556_c20242031609043.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Unknown |
| Country/Countries | Dominican Republic |
| County/Locality(s) | Dominican Republic |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-21 16:13:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 18.660000°, -69.600000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 348.46 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Likely a Solar Farm |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 334.52 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 27.42 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 9.64 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 32.53 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 38.93 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 26.40 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.73 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 9.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.94 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.05 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 127.55 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 22.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 8.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 19.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Unknown |
| Country/Countries | Dominican Republic |
| County/Locality(s) | Dominican Republic |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-21 16:13:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 18.560000°, -69.720000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 74.64 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Likely a Solar Farm |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 327.76 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 19.88 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.03 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 25.51 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.80 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.31 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.85 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 9.10 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 | 0.04 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 74.64 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 22.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 8.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 19.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 4.50 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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