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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-10-16 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:17:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-10-16 18:18:32 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20242901817550_e20242901818007_c20242901818063.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20242901816550_e20242901817007_c20242901817041.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Manitoba |
| Country/Countries | Canada |
| County/Locality(s) | Division No. 3, Manitoba |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-16 18:17:58UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 49.200000°, -97.430000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 113.09 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) | 297.85 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.51 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 19.65 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.57 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.78 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.67 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.59 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 7.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.90 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.97 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 72.28 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 58.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 113.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 20.70 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Pulaski County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Little Rock AR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-16 18:18:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.890000°, -92.420000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.97 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) | 301.53 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.38 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.01 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.43 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.01 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.33 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 7 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.62 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.97 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 44.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 83.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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