Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-08-16 | 
|---|---|
| Time: | 10:56:56 | 
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-08-16 10:57:35 UTC | 
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI | 
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 | 
| Location/orbit: | GEO | 
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20252281056568_e20252281057026_c20252281057082.nc | 
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM2-M6C14_G18_s20252281055568_e20252281056026_c20252281056098.nc | 
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 | 
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IL | 
| Country/Countries | United States | 
| County/Locality(s) | Will County, IL | 
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL | 
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) | 
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-08-16 10:57:01UTC | 
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.229721°, -88.220276° | 
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): | 
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a | 
| Total Radiative Power | 20.99 MW | 
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature | 
| Type of Event | Nonmetal-mineral | 
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 | 
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 292.23 K | 
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.37 K | 
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.01 K | 
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 2.65 K | 
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.66 K | 
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.71 K | 
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.42 K | 
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 | 
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.20 K | 
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes | 
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.87 | 
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 | 
| Maximum Radiative Power | 20.99 MW | 
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW | 
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW | 
| Mean Viewing Angle | 68.90° | 
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 91.60° | 
| Mean Glint Angle | 24.50° | 
| Water Fraction | 0.00 | 
| Total Pixel Area | 11.10 km2 | 
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