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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-09-18 |
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| Time: | 17:31:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-09-18 17:36:38 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252611731171_e20252611733544_c20252611734006.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252611726171_e20252611728544_c20252611729016.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ME |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Cumberland County, ME |
| NWS WFO | Gray ME |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-09-18 17:31:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 44.014446°, -70.621948° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.78 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) | 302.35 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.89 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.76 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.84 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.07 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 19 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.47 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.78 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 43.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 93.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | LaPorte County, IN |
| NWS WFO | Northern Indiana IN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-09-18 17:31:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.571110°, -86.487221° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 155.77 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 311.79 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 9.43 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 8.50 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.97 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.14 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.72 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.21 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 9.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 56.21 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 39.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 88.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 18.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Crittenden County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-09-18 17:32:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.397778°, -90.341110° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 279.98 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 325.40 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.31 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.04 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.56 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.15 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.48 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 13.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.26 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.21 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 164.51 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 33.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.20 km2 |
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