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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-15 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-15 18:21:30 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252271816180_e20252271818553_c20252271819039.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252271811180_e20252271813553_c20252271814026.nc,OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252271806180_e20252271808553_c20252271809044.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Umatilla County, OR |
| NWS WFO | Pendleton OR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-15 18:16:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.788612°, -119.404442° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 1002.08 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 336.62 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 34.12 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.35 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 36.14 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 61.05 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.73 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 34.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.81 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.98 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 636.36 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 68.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 38.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 106.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 21.90 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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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 | 2025-08-15 18:16:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.160000°, -115.538612° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 20.49 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 308.36 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.44 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.76 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.48 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.31 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.52 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 22 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.61 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.92 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 20.49 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 65.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 36.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 101.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 9.80 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | KS |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Ellsworth County, KS |
| NWS WFO | Wichita KS |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-15 18:16:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.659721°, -98.061668° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 19.92 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 310.86 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.57 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.82 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 2.88 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.31 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.59 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.68 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 23 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.54 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 19.92 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 24.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 74.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.40 km2 |
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