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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-17 |
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| Time: | 20:41:24 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-17 20:42:01 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250762041248_e20250762041305_c20250762041359.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250762039248_e20250762039305_c20250762039356.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Arkansas County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Little Rock AR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-17 20:41:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.487778°, -91.358887° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 20.79 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) | 308.41 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.44 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.72 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 20.85 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.84 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.56 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.14 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.50 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.89 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.64 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 20.79 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 43.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 50.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 69.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | George County, MS |
| NWS WFO | Mobile AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-17 20:41:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.902222°, -88.551666° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.07 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.88 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.49 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.01 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.32 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.82 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.82 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 6 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.61 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.07 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 39.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 49.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 64.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.10 km2 |
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