WATCH: Check out the formation of a pyrocumulonimbus cloud above the bushfire at Sedgerley (north of Inglewood) on Monday in this timelapse. The footage shows intense fire behaviour which leads to the development of a cloud above the fire, known as a pyrocumulus. This has a feedback effect on the fire, leading to difficult firefighting conditions on the ground. Because the clouds above the fire are in unstable air, it triggers a thunderstorm, complete with lightning. This fire-induced thundersto
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Visible satellite captured a fairly rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud in the Washington Cascades over the Wildcat fire just east of Mount Rainier Wednesday afternoon. A pyrocumulonimbus cloud forms as hot air from a fire rapidly rises, causing a strong updraft. If there's moisture in the atmosphere (like there was today) then clouds and even rain and lightning can form. If the resulting cloud doesn't cause thunderstorm activity, then it's simply called a "pyrocumulus" cloud. The ingredients for this p
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WEATHER UPDATE: An explosive pyrocumulonimbus cloud on the Wildcat Fire in Yakima County yesterday sent smoke nearly 40k feet in the air! Unfortunately, this is just one of many fires creating smoky scenes around the Inland Northwest. Air quality concerns will likely exist for the next several days as a result. In addition to the smoke, it's going to be another hot one out there on this Thursday. - Meteorologist Jefferson Donovan | KEPR Action News
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You might have seen reports and photographs of pyrocumulonimbus clouds as part of this unprecedented bushfire season. Under the right conditions, the clouds can mix with ice particles and cause lightning, producing a thunderstorm. Here, we take a closer look at how they form. | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Whoa 😮 A wildfire in southern British Columbia produced a brief pyrocumulonimbus cloud on the night of August 16. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) issued an evacuation alert for several areas in southern British Columbia, as a wildfire burned near Lower East Adams Lake and east of the Adams River on Wednesday, August 16. Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are thunder clouds created by intense heat from the Earth’s surface, according to the Royal Meteorological Society. #Pyrocumulonimbus #Pyro
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