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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-16 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 22:14:57 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-16 22:15:38 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20250752214570_e20250752215028_c20250752215102.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20250752213570_e20250752214028_c20250752214112.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Boone County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-16 22:15:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.151943°, -93.822777° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 20.75 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) | 295.15 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.70 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.52 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 22.00 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.86 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.82 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.75 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 18 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.80 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.38 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 20.75 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 65.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 68.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 132.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 9.70 km2 |
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