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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-10-23 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 22:16:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-10-23 22:21:18 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252962216179_e20252962218552_c20252962219050.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20252962211179_e20252962213552_c20252962214040.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Saskatchewan |
| Country/Countries | Canada |
| County/Locality(s) | Division No. 11, Saskatchewan |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-10-23 22:16:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 51.518333°, -106.080559° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 16.32 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 287.93 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.42 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.60 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.06 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.73 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.41 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 22.37 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.46 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 16.32 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 66.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 77.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 85.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 9.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ND |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Benson County, ND |
| NWS WFO | Grand Forks ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-10-23 22:16:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 48.276112°, -99.265556° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 7.22 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 283.93 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.55 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 6.80 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.49 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.02 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.66 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.58 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.91 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 7.22 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 78.90° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.10 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Poinsett County, AR |
| NWS WFO | Memphis TN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-10-23 22:17:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.597778°, -90.362221° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 16.50 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 293.08 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.21 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 5.40 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.55 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.21 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.48 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 3 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.50 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 16.50 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 79.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 80.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.20 km2 |
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