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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-02-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 23:12:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-02-20 23:13:04 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250512312250_e20250512312307_c20250512312364.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250512311250_e20250512311307_c20250512311369.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Guilford County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Raleigh NC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-20 23:12:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 36.047779°, -79.641113° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.49 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 271.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.02 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.22 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.06 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.85 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.89 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.16 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.80 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.62 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 2.49 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 92.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 94.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NC |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Richmond County, NC |
| NWS WFO | Raleigh NC |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-02-20 23:12:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.830002°, -79.743332° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 1.72 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nonmetal-mineral |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 272.53 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.77 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 17.66 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.64 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.04 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.93 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.90 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.34 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 1.72 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 92.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 94.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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