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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-04-10 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 16:06:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-04-10 16:10:49 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261001606186_e20261001608559_c20261001609053.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261001601186_e20261001603559_c20261001604046.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lewis and Clark County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Great Falls MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-04-10 16:06:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.608612°, -111.848335° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 15.10 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 292.07 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.22 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.70 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.23 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.29 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.27 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 7.08 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 15 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.93 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.76 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 15.10 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 59.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 58.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 68.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.80 km2 |
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