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Wildfire Alert Report
| Date: | 2026-03-02 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 21:29:24 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-03-02 21:30:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20260612129249_e20260612129307_c20260612129359.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20260612128249_e20260612128307_c20260612128361.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NV |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Nye County, NV |
| NWS WFO | Elko NV |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-02 21:29:30UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 38.243332°, -117.356110° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 50.80 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Alert Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 317.30 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 10.32 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.27 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 31.82 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 35.23 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 10.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.04 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.80 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.46 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 50.80 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 49.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 50.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 99.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.10 km2 |
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