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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-08 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:38:55 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-08 17:39:35 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20251281738551_e20251281739008_c20251281739073.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G19_s20251281737551_e20251281738008_c20251281738068.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) | Brooks County, GA |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-08 17:39:00UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.791111°, -83.656113° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 77.33 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) | 313.07 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.95 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.72 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.79 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.63 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.58 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 24 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.20 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.38 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 45.99 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 14.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 50.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 10.00 km2 |
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