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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-05 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:34:54 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-05 18:35:32 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20251251834549_e20251251835006_c20251251835064.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20251251833549_e20251251834006_c20251251834073.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ND |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Sargent County, ND |
| NWS WFO | Grand Forks ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-05 18:34:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.185555°, -97.420555° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 46.29 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.94 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.07 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.86 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.39 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.12 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.72 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.56 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 28.29 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 66.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 30.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 88.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 19.70 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Wilkin County, MN |
| NWS WFO | Grand Forks ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-05 18:34:56UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.166111°, -96.529724° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 31.29 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 315.00 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.13 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.64 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 19.81 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.48 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.37 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.37 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.88 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 31.29 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 66.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 30.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 89.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.10 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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