Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-08 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:45:25 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-08 19:46:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20251281945254_e20251281945312_c20251281945370.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20251281944254_e20251281944312_c20251281944377.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Otter Tail County, MN |
| NWS WFO | Grand Forks ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-08 19:45:27UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.253887°, -96.237778° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 125.50 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: Ridgeway West RX (HIGH, tdiff=0.2212 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 318.09 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.72 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.56 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 26.23 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.84 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.07 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.08 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.30 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 | 67.68 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 66.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 34.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 100.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 20.30 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WI |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Douglas County, WI |
| NWS WFO | Duluth MN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-08 19:45:28UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.315556°, -91.957779° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 19.31 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 298.72 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.47 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.37 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.54 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.87 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.01 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.41 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 19.31 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 69.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 36.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 105.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.40 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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