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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-17 |
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| Time: | 23:51:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-17 23:56:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250482351170_e20250482353543_c20250482354029.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250482346170_e20250482348543_c20250482349015.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | PA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Dauphin County, PA |
| NWS WFO | State College PA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-17 23:51:52UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 40.234165°, -76.839447° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.08 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Ferrous-metal |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 272.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.66 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.03 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 6.77 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.68 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.01 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.64 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.08 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 103.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 100.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Montgomery County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Birmingham AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-17 23:52:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.227779°, -86.214722° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.96 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) | 279.50 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.59 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.78 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 3.92 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.80 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.35 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.76 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 | 0.12 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 2.96 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 94.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 88.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Baldwin County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Mobile AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-17 23:52:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.182777°, -87.631111° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 11.46 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 282.56 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.36 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 14.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.84 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.93 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.73 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 32.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.12 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.95 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 93.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 86.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.30 km2 |
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