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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-07-30 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:14:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-07-30 17:15:37 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20242121714553_e20242121715010_c20242121715058.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20242121713553_e20242121714010_c20242121714059.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OH |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Fulton County, OH |
| NWS WFO | Northern Indiana IN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-30 17:14:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.570000°, -84.060000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 44.48 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 309.20 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.27 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.82 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.33 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 21.08 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.42 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.51 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 23 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.84 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.81 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 25.94 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 23.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.70 km2 |
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