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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-04 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 21:27:26 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-04 21:28:08 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20253382127265_e20253382127323_c20253382127377.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20253382126265_e20253382126323_c20253382126374.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Los Angeles County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Los Angeles/Oxnard CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-04 21:27:32UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.898888°, -118.399445° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 55.07 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | VIIRS 375m static sources 2013_2018 |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 307.43 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.79 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 19.03 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.88 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.81 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.50 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.60 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.60 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 22.55 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 61.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 105.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.20 |
| Total Pixel Area | 22.40 km2 |
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