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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-05-03 |
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| Time: | 16:56:17 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-05-03 17:01:09 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-19 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 666 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20261231656175_e20261231658549_c20261231659033.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G19_s20261231651175_e20261231653549_c20261231654021.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | ND |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Richland County, ND |
| NWS WFO | Grand Forks ND |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-05-03 16:56:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.999168°, -96.975281° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 48.99 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) | 312.04 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.74 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 3.41 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.43 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.70 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.87 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.39 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 22 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.85 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 25.10 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.40° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 35.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 92.70° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 14.90 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MN |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Lac qui Parle County, MN |
| NWS WFO | Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-05-03 16:56:20UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.141666°, -96.071945° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 116.05 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: Heglund West RX (HIGH, tdiff=2.13265 days, Point) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 314.05 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.82 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 4.39 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 23.48 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 20.03 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 11.66 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 2 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 8.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.17 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 59.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 56.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 34.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 90.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 14.40 km2 |
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