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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-13 |
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| Time: | 22:11:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-13 22:16:10 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20252252211185_e20252252213559_c20252252214039.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20252252206185_e20252252208559_c20252252209025.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Thurston County, WA |
| NWS WFO | Seattle WA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-13 22:11:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.888889°, -122.739998° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 10.94 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) | 307.20 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.37 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.87 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.37 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.63 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.95 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.42 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.70 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 10.94 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 56.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 39.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 92.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ID |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Valley County, ID |
| NWS WFO | Boise ID |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-13 22:11:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.117500°, -114.840553° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 32.20 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated SPC Risk, Known Incident: Rush (HIGH, tdiff=14.09791 days, Perimeter) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 3 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 316.00 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.37 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.21 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.46 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.85 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.46 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.69 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.74 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.83 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 32.20 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 56.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 43.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 96.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.30 km2 |
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