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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-01-09 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:53:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-01-09 19:55:22 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250091953550_e20250091954007_c20250091954070.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250091952550_e20250091953007_c20250091953076.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Macon County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Peachtree City GA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-01-09 19:54:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.360000°, -84.050000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.86 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 291.50 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.13 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.19 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.16 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.80 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.64 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.13 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.10 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.27 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.86 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 62.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 89.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.60 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Wayne County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Jacksonville FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-01-09 19:54:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.690000°, -81.900000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.08 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 290.27 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.39 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.88 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.83 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.26 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.02 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.03 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.80 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.74 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.08 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 63.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 90.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.90 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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