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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-03-27 |
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| Time: | 21:23:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-27 21:24:36 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250862123252_e20250862123310_c20250862123352.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G16_s20250862122253_e20250862122310_c20250862122359.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Hancock County, IA |
| NWS WFO | Des Moines IA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-27 21:23:28UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.246113°, -93.527496° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 13.95 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) | 299.01 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.49 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.34 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.43 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.09 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.50 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.00 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.74 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.55 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 53.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Bennett County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-27 21:23:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 43.109165°, -101.666389° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 23.74 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) | 307.99 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.58 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.28 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.62 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.84 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.29 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.10 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.31 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.90 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 23.74 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 56.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 53.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 73.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.30 km2 |
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