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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-05-20 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 18:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-05-20 18:21:06 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261401816187_e20261401818560_c20261401819047.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261401811187_e20261401813561_c20261401814034.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Los Angeles County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Los Angeles/Oxnard CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-05-20 18:17:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.794445°, -118.504166° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 453.60 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 351.74 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 31.04 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 22.56 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 42.36 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 39.10 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 30.08 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 29.10 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 29.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.91 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 276.77 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 25.60° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 50.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.40 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | CA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Los Angeles County, CA |
| NWS WFO | Los Angeles/Oxnard CA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-05-20 18:17:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 34.591946°, -117.946114° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 239.70 MW |
| Map: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 339.01 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 17.23 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 13.76 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 29.35 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 25.57 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 17.12 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 53.60 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 12.50 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 | 0.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 130.42 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 45.30° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 25.10° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 50.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.40 km2 |
| Latest Satellite Imagery: | |
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