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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-07-30 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:25:26 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-07-30 20:26:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20242122025263_e20242122025320_c20242122025382.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20242122024263_e20242122024320_c20242122024382.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MN |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | St. Louis County, MN |
| NWS WFO | Duluth MN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-30 20:25:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 47.540000°, -92.660000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 107.34 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | VIIRS 375m static sources 2013_2018 |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 304.61 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.24 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.55 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.82 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.69 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.62 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 19 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.92 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.87 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 57.06 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 69.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 108.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 61.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CO |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Mesa County, CO |
| NWS WFO | Grand Junction CO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-07-30 20:25:31UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.260000°, -108.740000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 402.84 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 346.70 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 21.75 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 14.54 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 37.82 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 31.10 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 21.67 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 47.60 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 15.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.57 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 227.10 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 54.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 24.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 79.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 17.20 km2 |
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