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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-05-16 |
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| Time: | 16:06:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-05-16 16:11:18 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20251361606180_e20251361608553_c20251361609055.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20251361601180_e20251361603552_c20251361604041.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NY |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Chemung County, NY |
| NWS WFO | Binghamton NY |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-16 16:06:53UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.085556°, -76.823059° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.69 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Likely an Urban Source |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 300.31 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.78 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.17 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.35 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.31 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.82 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 19 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.44 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.69 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 48.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 26.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | FL |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Liberty County, FL |
| NWS WFO | Tallahassee FL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-05-16 16:07:22UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.489166°, -84.916115° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 56.51 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 320.37 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 11.85 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 18.29 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 20.08 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.99 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.99 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.96 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.90 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.81 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 56.51 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 37.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 23.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 55.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.00 km2 |
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