GOES-East switch from GOES-16 to GOES-19 has been delayed to ‘no earlier than’ Monday, April 7 due to declaration of a critical weather day on Friday, April 4. There may be a short disruption in the NGFS detections or imagery during the transition to the new satellite. More information. Delay information.
Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-21 |
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| Time: | 06:14:54 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-21 06:15:34 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250800614549_e20250800615007_c20250800615061.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250800613549_e20250800614007_c20250800614059.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Etowah County, AL |
| NWS WFO | Birmingham AL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-21 06:14:59UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.016109°, -86.070831° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 2.61 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) | 275.26 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.20 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.97 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.09 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.44 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.57 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.22 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.90 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.78 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 2.61 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 41.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 145.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 107.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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