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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-19 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:56:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-19 19:00:58 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242321856170_e20242321858543_c20242321859017.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242321851170_e20242321853543_c20242321854005.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) | Sutter County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Sacramento CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-19 18:56:53UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.880000°, -121.590000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 28.00 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) | 310.60 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.55 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.29 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.10 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.16 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 16 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.55 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.93 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 28.00 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 30.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 67.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Tulare County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Hanford CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-19 18:57:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.960000°, -118.280000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.93 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: TROUT (HIGH, tdiff=1.71975 days, PERIMETER) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 321.33 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.12 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.14 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.90 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.32 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.42 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.74 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.93 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 26.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 61.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.60 km2 |
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