Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-10-23 | 
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:07:26 | 
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-10-23 19:08:03 UTC | 
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI | 
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 | 
| Location/orbit: | GEO | 
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20252961907265_e20252961907323_c20252961907379.nc | 
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20252961906265_e20252961906323_c20252961906364.nc | 
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 | 
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT | 
| Country/Countries | United States | 
| County/Locality(s) | Wheatland County, MT | 
| NWS WFO | Billings MT | 
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) | 
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-10-23 19:07:29UTC | 
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.650555°, -109.990280° | 
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): | 
				
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a | 
| Total Radiative Power | 9.71 MW | 
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature | 
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk | 
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 | 
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 299.18 K | 
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.81 K | 
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.24 K | 
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.04 K | 
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.28 K | 
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.95 K | 
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.69 K | 
| Similar Pixel Count | 17 | 
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.50 K | 
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes | 
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 | 
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.91 | 
| Maximum Radiative Power | 9.71 MW | 
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW | 
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW | 
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.20° | 
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.90° | 
| Mean Glint Angle | 110.20° | 
| Water Fraction | 0.00 | 
| Total Pixel Area | 8.00 km2 | 
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