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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-16 |
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| Time: | 08:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-16 08:21:11 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20253500816181_e20253500818554_c20253500819042.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20253500811181_e20253500813554_c20253500814030.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Big Horn County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Billings MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-16 08:16:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.080555°, -107.529724° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 220.85 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 289.63 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 26.68 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 19.67 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 14.68 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 40.27 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 27.53 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 18.28 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 33.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.67 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 89.58 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 59.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 153.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 93.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 23.90 km2 |
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