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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-12-17 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 04:56:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-12-17 05:00:49 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20243520456173_e20243520458546_c20243520459026.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20243520451173_e20243520453546_c20243520454041.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IN |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Lake County, IN |
| NWS WFO | Unknown |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-12-17 04:56:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.680000°, -87.420000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.70 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 277.81 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.88 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.09 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 1.96 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.14 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.89 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.76 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.70 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 159.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 109.50° |
| Water Fraction | 1.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Madison County, IL |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-12-17 04:56:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.680000°, -90.130000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.04 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 276.21 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.53 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.78 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 0.91 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.13 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.82 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.25 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.90 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 2.04 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 160.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 113.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.70 km2 |
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