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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-19 |
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| Time: | 21:56:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-19 22:00:52 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242322156170_e20242322158543_c20242322159008.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242322151170_e20242322153543_c20242322154021.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Musselshell County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Billings MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-19 21:56:19UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.410000°, -108.200000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 33.70 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: AFTERNOON (HIGH, tdiff=0.06302 days, POINT) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 311.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.64 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.17 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.37 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.35 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.49 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 22 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.50 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 33.70 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 62.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 47.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OK |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Bryan County, OK |
| NWS WFO | Norman OK |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-19 21:57:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.920000°, -96.260000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 17.82 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) | 317.70 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.77 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.98 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.45 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.56 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.33 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.74 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.99 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 17.82 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 48.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Wilson County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Austin/San Antonio TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-19 21:57:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 29.200000°, -98.320000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.22 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) | 319.15 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.91 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.64 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.86 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.14 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.35 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.30 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.77 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.91 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.22 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 40.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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