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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-05 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 23:36:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-05 23:41:00 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20251252336170_e20251252338543_c20251252339028.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20251252331170_e20251252333543_c20251252334033.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ND |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Mountrail County, ND |
| NWS WFO | Bismarck ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-05 23:36:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 47.846943°, -102.415833° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 66.63 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Oil/gas |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 296.11 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.61 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.72 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.86 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.08 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.73 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.37 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 7 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.68 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.95 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 34.22 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 64.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 66.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 114.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.50 |
| Total Pixel Area | 18.70 km2 |
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