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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-21 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:21:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-21 20:26:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253552021183_e20253552023556_c20253552024048.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20253552016183_e20253552018556_c20253552019045.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MO |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Franklin County, MO |
| NWS WFO | St Louis MO |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-21 20:21:52UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.533611°, -91.312500° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 5.46 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) | 285.83 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.28 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.05 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 10.11 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.97 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.51 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.53 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 4 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.40 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.30 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 5.46 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 47.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 70.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 97.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.00 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Unknown |
| Country/Countries | Cuba |
| County/Locality(s) | Unknown, Unknown |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-21 20:23:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 22.608055°, -81.586388° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.11 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 301.70 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.03 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.65 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 4.43 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.66 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.27 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 2.33 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.84 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.11 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 27.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 63.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 77.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 4.50 km2 |
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