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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-04-22 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 16:01:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-04-22 16:05:49 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20251121601175_e20251121603548_c20251121604032.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20251121556175_e20251121558548_c20251121559023.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Teton County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Great Falls MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-04-22 16:01:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 47.685555°, -111.840553° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 51.40 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) | 301.42 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.78 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 9.18 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.68 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 25.46 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.13 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.87 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 7.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.16 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 51.40 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 55.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 66.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | San Luis Obispo County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Los Angeles/Oxnard CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-04-22 16:02:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.695557°, -120.789444° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 37.80 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) | 294.86 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.73 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.04 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.03 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.12 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.96 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.90 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.43 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 24.67 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 58.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 56.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 17.00 km2 |
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