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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2024-12-23 |
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| Time: | 23:46:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2024-12-23 23:50:51 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20243582346170_e20243582348543_c20243582349039.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20243582341170_e20243582343543_c20243582344037.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | McDowell County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-12-23 23:47:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.800000°, -82.060000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.64 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) | 273.24 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.17 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.58 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.09 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.68 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.79 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.47 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.70 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 2.64 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 107.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 106.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Reagan County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Midland/Odessa TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2024-12-23 23:47:19UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.370000°, -101.770000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 17.41 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Oil/gas |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 290.69 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.38 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.31 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.18 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.98 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.59 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.00 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 | 17.41 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 90.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 78.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.70 km2 |
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