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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-02-17 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:30:27 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-02-17 20:31:50 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260482030279_e20260482030336_c20260482030390.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G19_s20260482028250_e20260482028307_c20260482028369.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NM |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Harding County, NM |
| NWS WFO | Albuquerque NM |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-02-17 20:30:31UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 35.799999°, -103.896385° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 248.58 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 324.27 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 34.88 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 7.99 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 39.66 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 49.47 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 35.26 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.20 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 47.00 K |
| Image Interval | 2.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.16 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.59 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 248.58 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 51.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 80.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.90 km2 |
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