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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-19 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 05:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-19 05:20:43 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253530516180_e20253530518554_c20253530519042.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253530511180_e20253530513553_c20253530514044.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | IN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lake County, IN |
| NWS WFO | Chicago IL |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-19 05:16:52UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 41.621387°, -87.331947° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 8.15 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Industrial |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 272.41 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.33 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.77 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 0.38 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.21 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.83 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.80 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 1 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.98 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 8.15 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 160.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 110.80° |
| Water Fraction | 1.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.20 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | TX |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Guadalupe County, TX |
| NWS WFO | Austin/San Antonio TX |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-19 05:17:51UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 29.572500°, -98.022499° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 3.26 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Industrial |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 282.72 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 2.66 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.10 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 1.64 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.11 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.26 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.01 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 | 0.74 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 3.26 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 42.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 162.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 122.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.50 km2 |
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