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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-03-22 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 16:41:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-03-22 16:45:53 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20260811641179_e20260811643553_c20260811644040.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20260811636179_e20260811638553_c20260811639034.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Alerts: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Carbon County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Billings MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-03-22 16:41:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.431946°, -108.861389° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting alert criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 210.15 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) | 308.07 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 18.23 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 18.43 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 22.07 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 24.05 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.81 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 31.92 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 17.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.69 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 109.12 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 59.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 57.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 31.60 km2 |
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