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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2025-12-22 |
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| Time: | 18:41:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2025-12-22 18:45:59 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20253561841170_e20253561843543_c20253561844037.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20253561836170_e20253561838543_c20253561839040.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Alberta |
| Country/Countries | Canada |
| County/Locality(s) | Division No. 15, Alberta |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-22 18:41:23UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 49.675556°, -114.450554° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 24.80 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) | 282.29 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 13.80 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.10 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.21 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 16.36 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 12.36 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.63 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 6 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.30 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 1.00 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 24.80 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 61.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 74.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 120.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.30 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Sonora |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Ures, Sonora |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2025-12-22 18:42:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 29.559444°, -110.578888° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 6.73 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) | 307.72 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 1.41 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 1.81 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.07 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.21 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 1.75 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.79 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.10 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.41 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 6.73 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 53.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.40° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.70 km2 |
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