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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-01-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 01:21:16 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-01-20 01:25:47 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250200121169_e20250200123542_c20250200124052.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250200116169_e20250200118542_c20250200119038.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IN |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | DeKalb County, IN |
| NWS WFO | Northern Indiana IN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-01-20 01:21:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.360000°, -84.920000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.00 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 263.50 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.97 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 13.94 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 3.40 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.71 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.60 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.00 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 120.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 100.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.90 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | USA |
| County/Locality(s) | Galveston County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Houston/Galveston TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-01-20 01:22:49UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 29.380000°, -94.930000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.64 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 278.85 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.34 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.09 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 1.94 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.66 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.34 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.09 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.35 |
| 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 | 40.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 110.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 90.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.90 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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