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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-10-17 |
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| Time: | 01:26:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-10-17 01:30:57 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242910126171_e20242910128544_c20242910129026.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20242910121171_e20242910123544_c20242910124015.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | British Columbia |
| Country/Countries | Canada |
| County/Locality(s) | Fraser Valley, British Columbia |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-17 01:26:19UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 49.320000°, -121.900000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 87.82 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) | 282.32 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 9.61 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.34 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.80 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.90 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.46 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.06 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 10.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.97 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 51.86 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 72.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 92.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 50.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 51.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NE |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Lancaster County, NE |
| NWS WFO | Omaha/Valley NE |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-10-17 01:26:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.700000°, -96.870000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 17.86 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 285.00 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.85 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.20 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.24 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.29 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 27.94 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.94 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 110.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 15.70 km2 |
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