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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-19 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 14:46:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-19 14:50:59 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250501446171_e20250501448544_c20250501449029.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250501441171_e20250501443544_c20250501444010.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Pennington County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-19 14:46:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 44.127777°, -103.330002° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 88.14 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) | 285.44 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 37.62 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 38.86 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 33.92 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 39.68 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 37.20 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 45.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 9.90 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.81 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.68 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 88.14 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 58.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 81.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 132.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 15.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Unknown |
| Country/Countries | Cuba |
| County/Locality(s) | Unknown, Unknown |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-19 14:48:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 21.858612°, -79.740555° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 27.71 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) | 308.09 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.04 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.83 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.35 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.82 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.91 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.54 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.94 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.67 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 26.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 52.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 73.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.90 km2 |
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