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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-09-29 |
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| Time: | 00:31:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-09-29 00:35:55 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242730031189_e20242730033562_c20242730034051.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242730026189_e20242730028562_c20242730029010.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | Baja California |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Ensenada, Baja California |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-09-29 00:32:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.230000°, -115.630000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 23.53 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) | 306.81 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.28 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.41 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.35 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.03 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.39 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.92 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.52 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.91 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 12.73 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 78.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 110.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.40 km2 |
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