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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-07-29 |
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| Time: | 18:16:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-07-29 18:21:03 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262101816188_e20262101818561_c20262101819008.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262101811188_e20262101813561_c20262101814020.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Pennington County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-29 18:16:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 44.409721°, -102.287224° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 166.94 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) | 320.50 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 5.45 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.99 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 11.04 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 23.91 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 5.32 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.98 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 25 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 5.50 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.50 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 62.23 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 62.10° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 26.50° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 75.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 25.60 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | AZ |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Maricopa County, AZ |
| NWS WFO | Phoenix AZ |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-29 18:17:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 33.022499°, -112.670830° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 878.26 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Solar panel (database + spectral) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 5 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 350.01 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 27.39 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 12.93 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 26.27 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 58.91 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 29.83 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 15.52 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 28.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.03 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 479.02 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 46.70° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 22.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 48.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 11.70 km2 |
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