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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-09-29 |
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| Time: | 00:21:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-09-29 00:25:50 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242730021176_e20242730023549_c20242730024004.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242730016176_e20242730018549_c20242730019026.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WI |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Sauk County, WI |
| NWS WFO | Milwaukee/Sullivan WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-29 00:21:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.240000°, -90.180000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 12.67 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) | 291.44 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.04 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.09 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.19 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.09 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.92 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.84 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.90 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.60 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.67 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 97.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 75.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 15.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Nemaha County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Topeka KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-29 00:21:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.700000°, -96.050000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 9.57 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) | 291.78 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.76 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.97 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 0.24 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.04 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.81 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.13 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.41 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.57 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 93.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 69.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Los Angeles County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Los Angeles/Oxnard CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-29 00:22:18UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.610000°, -118.110000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 9.37 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: LAC-342813 (HIGH, tdiff=1.04549 days, POINT) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 304.86 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.76 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.23 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 3.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.21 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.06 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.89 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 8 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.86 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.65 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.37 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 75.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 44.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.00 km2 |
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