Hello,
Here at WFO SGX, we are trying to create a way to monitor the GOES-16 fire temperature/power products for early fire detection. Does anyone know of a tool or script for AWIPS that will automatically detect when any pixel within our CWA gets a noteworthy fire temperature (say, 600 K or greater?) and then send an alarm (preferably Red Banner, but text workstation alarm would be good too) to the forecaster? We have radar alarms that can do this (such as TVS or "new cell" red banner alarms) so I figure it must be possible with GOES-16 too! This would be extremely helpful in detecting wildfires so that we can notify affected fire agencies as soon as possible.
Stephen Harrison
NWS San Diego, CA
