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: | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 15:14:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-03-28 15:15:33 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-16 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 152 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250871514553_e20250871515010_c20250871515060.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G16_s20250871513553_e20250871514010_c20250871514064.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | GA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Wilkes County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Peachtree City GA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-03-28 15:15:01UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.913612°, -82.874168° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.36 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 298.13 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.40 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.29 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.57 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.78 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.57 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.06 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 22 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.46 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.36 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 40.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 45.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 79.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.30 km2 |
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