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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-15 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 09:21:26 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-15 09:22:01 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20242280921264_e20242280921322_c20242280921369.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20242280920293_e20242280920351_c20242280920417.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) | El Dorado County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Sacramento CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-15 09:21:31UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.900000°, -120.620000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.08 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: CROZIER (MEDIUM, tdiff=2.25858 days, PERIMETER) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 286.75 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.73 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.78 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 3.35 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.34 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.00 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.22 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.28 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.08 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 124.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 75.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Kings County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Hanford CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-15 09:21:31UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 36.100000°, -119.950000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.17 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) | 291.74 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.80 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.37 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.30 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.07 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.02 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.25 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.35 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.17 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 126.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 80.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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