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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-24 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 23:26:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-24 23:31:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250832326173_e20250832328546_c20250832329012.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20250832321173_e20250832323546_c20250832324044.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WI |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Crawford County, WI |
| NWS WFO | La Crosse WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-24 23:26:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.293888°, -90.878052° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.79 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 280.12 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.84 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.75 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.60 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.35 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.59 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.97 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.55 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.79 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 81.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Fayette County, IA |
| NWS WFO | La Crosse WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-24 23:26:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.805000°, -91.989166° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 419.35 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 322.27 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 50.72 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 29.36 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 47.26 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 57.23 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 50.96 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 30.94 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 42.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.57 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.51 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 419.35 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 52.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 80.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 71.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 26.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Pottawatomie County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Topeka KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-24 23:26:50UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.323612°, -96.050552° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 72.65 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.28 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 15.83 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.40 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.42 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 42.65 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.10 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.01 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.49 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.56 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 72.65 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 50.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 77.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 65.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.30 km2 |
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