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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-21 |
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| Time: | 01:16:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-21 01:20:43 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242340116170_e20242340118543_c20242340119035.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242340111170_e20242340113543_c20242340114010.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | PA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Allegheny County, PA |
| NWS WFO | Pittsburgh PA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-21 01:16:52UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.390000°, -79.850000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.51 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 288.61 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.85 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.78 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.09 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.16 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.67 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.26 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.97 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.51 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 102.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 74.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Dickinson County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Topeka KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-21 01:16:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.730000°, -97.170000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 129.78 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) | 308.41 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 15.72 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 26.90 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.46 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.29 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.32 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 35.32 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 14.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.96 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 56.14 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 90.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 54.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 22.40 km2 |
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