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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-04 |
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| Time: | 15:58:26 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-04 15:59:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20252161558268_e20252161558326_c20252161558384.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | NONE |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Rio Blanco County, CO |
| NWS WFO | Grand Junction CO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Bias) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-04 15:58:32UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.933613°, -108.216393° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4930.75 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Critical SPC Risk, Known Incident: Lee (HIGH, tdiff=0.51457 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 2 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 388.01 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 86.06 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 58.53 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 89.05 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 81.93 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 77.49 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 103.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.93 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 1352.79 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 55.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 48.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 77.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Delta County, CO |
| NWS WFO | Grand Junction CO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-04 15:58:32UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.875557°, -107.750000° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 154.14 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 313.77 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 15.58 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.78 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 17.99 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.57 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.02 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -999.00 K |
| Image Interval | -999.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.94 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 89.10 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 54.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 47.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 46.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 13.80 km2 |
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