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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-18 |
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| Time: | 21:41:24 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-18 21:42:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250772141248_e20250772141306_c20250772141357.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250772140277_e20250772140335_c20250772140389.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Calhoun County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Birmingham AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-18 21:41:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.934723°, -85.643608° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 19.80 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 300.79 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.36 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 9.88 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.47 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.13 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.34 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.60 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 9 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.80 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 19.80 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Grady County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-18 21:41:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.890278°, -84.171669° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.09 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.96 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.08 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.04 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.98 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.02 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.72 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 9 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.70 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.41 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.09 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 64.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 71.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.00 km2 |
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