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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-13 |
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| Time: | 15:52:53 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-13 15:53:35 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250721552533_e20250721552591_c20250721553051.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250721551533_e20250721551591_c20250721552050.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Ogle County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-13 15:52:55UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.991665°, -89.292778° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 19.48 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) | 298.62 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.84 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.02 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.17 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.24 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.69 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.12 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.53 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.64 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 54.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 102.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.70 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Kane County, IL |
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-13 15:52:55UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.822498°, -88.428886° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.22 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 301.73 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.93 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.82 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 18.43 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.77 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.33 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.10 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 17 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.81 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.22 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 54.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 101.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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