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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-02 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 22:46:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-02 22:51:16 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20251222246177_e20251222248550_c20251222249058.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20251222241177_e20251222243550_c20251222244022.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Imperial County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Phoenix AZ |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-02 22:47:18UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.741390°, -115.703613° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 250.70 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 329.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.13 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.87 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 18.90 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.82 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.59 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.80 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 14.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.23 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.01 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 133.77 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 45.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 35.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 15.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Imperial County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Phoenix AZ |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-02 22:47:18UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.665833°, -115.652779° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 540.06 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 335.58 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 20.58 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.53 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 26.02 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 31.39 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 21.18 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.90 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 17.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.19 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.01 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 240.57 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 45.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 35.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 30.00 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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