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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-09 |
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| Time: | 22:31:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-09 22:35:56 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242222231177_e20242222233550_c20242222234066.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242222226177_e20242222228550_c20242222229002.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) | Sonoma County, CA |
| NWS WFO | San Francisco CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-09 22:31:53UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.340000°, -122.730000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 84.93 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) | 319.83 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.80 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.43 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.01 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.21 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.48 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.16 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 8.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.45 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.98 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 50.15 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 37.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AZ |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Mohave County, AZ |
| NWS WFO | Las Vegas NV |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-09 22:32:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 36.220000°, -113.200000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 119.34 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Likely a Solar Farm |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 324.97 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 10.83 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.02 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 17.80 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 30.92 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.99 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.77 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 16 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.51 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.57 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 62.86 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 43.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 86.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 14.50 km2 |
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