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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-09-12 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:00:28 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-09-12 18:01:10 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20242561800280_e20242561800338_c20242561800402.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | NONE |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Mellette County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-12 18:00:31UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.590000°, -100.780000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 341.06 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical SPC Risk and Red Flag Warning |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 333.06 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 24.36 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 24.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 28.89 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 36.45 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 23.72 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 43.58 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.87 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 196.23 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 56.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 40.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 95.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 18.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WY |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Albany County, WY |
| NWS WFO | Cheyenne WY |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-12 18:00:33UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.710000°, -105.460000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 874.67 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical SPC Risk and Red Flag Warning |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 346.77 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 35.29 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 39.84 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 46.21 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 44.60 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.83 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 47.76 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.98 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.93 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 344.17 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 39.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 95.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 39.00 km2 |
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