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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-12-08 |
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| Time: | 05:36:19 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-12-08 05:40:43 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20243430536190_e20243430538563_c20243430539029.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20243430531190_e20243430533563_c20243430534059.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NM |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | San Juan County, NM |
| NWS WFO | Albuquerque NM |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-12-08 05:36:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 36.720000°, -107.970000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.04 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) | 271.92 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.29 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 1.64 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.40 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.85 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.33 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.23 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.03 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 156.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 128.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 16.30 km2 |
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