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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-08-27 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:06:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-08-27 20:10:50 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242402006181_e20242402008554_c20242402009021.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242402001181_e20242402003555_c20242402004035.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OR |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Malheur County, OR |
| NWS WFO | Boise ID |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-27 20:06:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.600000°, -117.040000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 276.55 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 334.82 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 23.49 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 14.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 26.05 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.82 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 22.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.34 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 20.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.40 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.90 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 178.75 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 54.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 33.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 86.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 16.50 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | UT |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Box Elder County, UT |
| NWS WFO | Salt Lake City UT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-08-27 20:06:55UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.590000°, -112.200000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 171.01 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 325.23 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 10.45 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.79 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.89 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.40 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.19 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.76 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 8.60 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 | 0.58 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 99.14 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 54.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 32.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 85.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 17.00 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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