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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-04-20 |
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| Time: | 17:09:24 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-04-20 17:10:07 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20261101709247_e20261101709305_c20261101709361.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadM1-M6C14_G18_s20261101708247_e20261101708305_c20261101708363.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lake County, MN |
| NWS WFO | Duluth MN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-04-20 17:09:27UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 47.830002°, -91.599998° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 100.17 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Red Flag Warning (NWS) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 288.42 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 14.83 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.48 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 15.23 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 33.71 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.43 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.77 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 3.40 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.34 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.61 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 100.17 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 70.60° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 38.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 83.10° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 12.00 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Yellowstone County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Billings MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-04-20 17:09:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.995556°, -107.912498° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 17.43 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) | 304.54 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.52 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.22 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 8.90 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.06 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.17 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.88 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 21 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 1.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.75 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 17.43 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 60.50° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 43.30° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 72.80° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.10 km2 |
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