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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 17:21:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-18 17:25:55 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253521721180_e20253521723553_c20253521724044.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253521716180_e20253521718553_c20253521719031.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 3 |
Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Ellis County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Fort Worth TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-18 17:22:21UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 32.458057°, -97.048058° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 14.97 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Industrial |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 301.66 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.41 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.65 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.85 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.56 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.52 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.56 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 5 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.91 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.51 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 14.97 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 100.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Chihuahua |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Guadalupe, Chihuahua |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-18 17:22:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.397778°, -106.086945° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 27.39 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 308.91 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 6.40 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.81 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 20.41 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.39 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.09 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.75 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 6.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.60 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 27.39 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 59.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 106.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Pánuco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-18 17:23:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 22.094444°, -98.176941° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.22 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 303.82 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.95 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.09 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.59 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.08 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.02 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.94 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.52 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.22 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 36.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 48.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 82.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.00 km2 |
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