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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-15 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:51:19 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-15 18:55:57 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20260461851192_e20260461853565_c20260461854049.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20260461846192_e20260461848565_c20260461849028.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Sonora |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Caborca, Sonora |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-15 18:52:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 30.836945°, -112.595558° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 40.74 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) | 317.44 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.67 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.03 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 18.02 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.93 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.61 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.18 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 17 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 4.00 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.69 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.58 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 21.07 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.90° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 45.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.30 km2 |
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