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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-04 |
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| Time: | 18:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-04 18:21:25 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253381816180_e20253381818553_c20253381819046.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253381811180_e20253381813553_c20253381814055.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WI |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Walworth County, WI |
| NWS WFO | Milwaukee/Sullivan WI |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-04 18:16:52UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 42.832500°, -88.439445° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 4.65 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Risk, Known Incident: rx-U-Field (HIGH, tdiff=2.07876 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 271.58 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.48 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.63 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 9.74 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.59 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.60 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | -0.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.80 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.98 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 4.65 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 65.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 111.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Greene County, MO |
| NWS WFO | Springfield MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-04 18:16:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 37.297501°, -93.506111° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.36 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) | 291.80 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.40 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.48 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 16.66 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.76 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.61 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.03 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 12 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.82 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.36 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 59.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 101.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.90 km2 |
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