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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-07-29 |
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| Time: | 20:01:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-07-29 20:06:16 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262102001188_e20262102003561_c20262102004031.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262101956188_e20262101958561_c20262101959016.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 3 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
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| State/Province(s) | SD |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Perkins County, SD |
| NWS WFO | Rapid City SD |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-29 20:01:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.666943°, -102.334442° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 76.52 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) | 320.82 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 8.50 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 6.57 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 12.32 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 26.49 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 8.79 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.18 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.60 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.79 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 1.00 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 76.52 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 63.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 29.80° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 92.30° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 8.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | OR |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Jefferson County, OR |
| NWS WFO | Pendleton OR |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Clear) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-29 20:01:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 44.439999°, -121.494446° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 25.26 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: 0494 AKAWA BUTTE (HIGH, tdiff=0.29001 days, Perimeter) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 321.70 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 3.43 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 2.05 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 21.45 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 19.01 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.33 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 3.02 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 18 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 2.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.86 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.96 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 25.26 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 53.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 25.40° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 76.90° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 6.80 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | Baja California |
| Country/Countries | Mexico |
| County/Locality(s) | Mexicali, Baja California |
| NWS WFO | N/A |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-07-29 20:02:25UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 31.761667°, -115.328331° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 29.98 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) | 335.70 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 7.35 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.67 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 17.00 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 27.55 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.36 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 4.10 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 0.20 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.86 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.97 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 29.98 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 44.00° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 13.00° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 56.20° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 5.60 km2 |
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