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Wildfire Notification Report
| Date: | 2026-08-24 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 20:51:18 |
| Production Date and Time: | 2026-08-24 20:56:11 UTC |
| Primary Instrument: | GOES-18 ABI |
| Wmo Spacecraft Id: | 665 |
| Location/orbit: | GEO |
| L1 File: | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262362051181_e20262362053554_c20262362054037.nc |
| L1 File(s) - Temporal | OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G18_s20262362046181_e20262362048555_c20262362049039.nc |
| Number Of Thermal Anomaly Notifications: | 2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | MT |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | Beaverhead County, MT |
| NWS WFO | Great Falls MT |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-08-24 20:51:24UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 45.508335°, -113.165276° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 68.93 MW |
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| Additional Information | |
| Notification Status | New Feature |
| Type of Event | Nominal Fire Risk, Known Incident: Sand Creek (HIGH, tdiff=0.41204 days, Perimeter) |
| Event Priority Ranking | 4 |
| Maximum Observed BT (3.9 um) | 301.22 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 10.02 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 5.66 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 7.83 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 34.27 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 9.66 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 6.79 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 11.70 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.71 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.99 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 68.93 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 57.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 37.70° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 95.50° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 7.50 km2 |
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Possible Wildfire
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| State/Province(s) | NV |
| Country/Countries | United States |
| County/Locality(s) | White Pine County, NV |
| NWS WFO | Elko NV |
| Identification Method | Enhanced Contextual (Cloud) |
| Mean Object Date/Time | 2026-08-24 20:51:54UTC |
| Radiative Center (Lat, Lon): | 39.919167°, -114.920555° |
| Nearby Counties (meeting notification criteria): |
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| Total Radiative Power Anomaly | n/a |
| Total Radiative Power | 1235.80 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) | 341.00 K |
| Observed - Background BT (3.9 um) | 41.77 K |
| BT Anomaly (3.9 um) | 11.45 K |
| Maximum Observed - Clear RTM BT (3.9 um) | 38.75 K |
| Maximum Observed BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 72.61 K |
| Observed - Background BTD (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 42.82 K |
| BTD Anomaly (3.9-10/11/12 um) | 13.68 K |
| Similar Pixel Count | 0 |
| BT Time Tendency (3.9 um) | 53.80 K |
| Image Interval | 5.00 minutes |
| Fraction of Surrounding LWIR Pixels that are Colder | 0.39 |
| Fraction of Surrounding Red Channel Pixels that are Brighter | 0.40 |
| Maximum Radiative Power | 611.57 MW |
| Maximum Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Total Radiative Power Uncertainty | 0.00 MW |
| Mean Viewing Angle | 51.80° |
| Mean Solar Zenith Angle | 32.20° |
| Mean Glint Angle | 84.00° |
| Water Fraction | 0.00 |
| Total Pixel Area | 19.40 km2 |
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