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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-07-18 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 19:46:20 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-07-18 19:51:16 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261991946200_e20261991948573_c20261991949026.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20261991941200_e20261991943573_c20261991944038.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 1 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | WA |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Whitman County, WA |
| NWS WFO | Spokane WA |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-18 19:46:26UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 46.748055°, -118.052223° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 27.91 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Elevated Fire Risk (NWS/SPC) and Red Flag Warning (NWS), Known Incident: LYONS FERRY (HIGH, tdiff=0. |
| Event Priority Ranking | 1 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 319.24 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 4.13 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.80 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 13.30 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 14.87 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.47 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.27 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 1.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.65 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.95 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 27.91 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.20° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 25.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 79.60° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.40 km2 |
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