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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-10-16 |
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| Time: | 19:06:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-10-16 19:11:01 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242901906173_e20242901908546_c20242901909017.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20242901901173_e20242901903546_c20242901904044.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Saskatchewan |
| Country/Countries | Canada |
| County/Locality(s) | Division No. 5, Saskatchewan |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-16 19:06:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 50.220000°, -102.270000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 71.19 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) | 299.31 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.73 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.33 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.21 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.92 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.21 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.56 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 8 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.14 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.97 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 41.87 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 66.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 59.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 117.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 30.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ND |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Renville County, ND |
| NWS WFO | Bismarck ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-16 19:06:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 48.490000°, -101.500000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 182.97 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) | 312.26 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.46 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 17.37 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.41 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 21.26 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.87 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.09 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 13.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 95.66 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 65.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 58.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 115.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 29.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AZ |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Coconino County, AZ |
| NWS WFO | Flagstaff AZ |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-16 19:07:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.740000°, -111.480000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.79 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 303.50 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.63 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.96 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.38 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.76 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.71 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 14 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.32 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 11.79 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 43.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 85.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.20 km2 |
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