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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-08 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 21:18:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-08 21:19:05 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250672118251_e20250672118309_c20250672118368.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250672117251_e20250672117309_c20250672117369.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Dorchester County, MD |
| NWS WFO | Wakefield VA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-08 21:18:27UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.506668°, -75.995834° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 36.45 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 291.27 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.51 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.06 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.78 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.82 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.94 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.28 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.88 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 25.11 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 71.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 91.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 16.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | VA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Charlotte County, VA |
| NWS WFO | Blacksburg VA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-08 21:18:29UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.082222°, -78.511948° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.35 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 290.09 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.20 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 10.10 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.06 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.22 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.35 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.63 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.70 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.22 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.35 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 68.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 87.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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