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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-09 |
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| Time: | 19:06:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-09 19:11:00 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242221906177_e20242221908550_c20242221909007.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242221901177_e20242221903550_c20242221904040.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Lake County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Eureka CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-09 19:06:53UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.020000°, -122.920000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.72 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) | 314.75 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.82 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.63 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.48 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.33 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.32 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.28 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 20 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.40 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 | 0.60 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.72 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 27.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.70 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NV |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Nye County, NV |
| NWS WFO | Elko NV |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-09 19:06:53UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.900000°, -115.470000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 38.34 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: BROOM CANYON (MEDIUM, tdiff=0.80678 days, POINT) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 319.94 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.96 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.58 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.41 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.97 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.04 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.87 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 14 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.32 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 38.34 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 24.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 66.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.40 km2 |
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