On 25 June there was a pyroCb that was produced at 23:30 UTC in the Northwest Territories (62.3 N 117.3 W). GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at 19:00 UTC on 26 June, the animation below shows visible (.63 μm) on the left and shortwave IR (3.9 […]
According to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System on 07 June a fire called 15BN-BRADY started. By 24 June it was reported that a pyroCb was produced from this fire around 23:00 UTC in Saskatchewan (56.8 N 109.3 W). By 25 June the fire has grown to 7,115 hectares. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb […]
On 20 June according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center the Blair Fire started in the interior of Alaska (south of Fairbanks) at 64.3º N 147.3º W. On 24 June at 20:15 UTC a pyroCb formed from this fire. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at […]
On 23 June around 22:45 UTC a fire started in British Columbia near 58.8 N 133.2 W. This fire produced a pyroCb around 00:00 UTC on 24 June 2015. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at 22:00 UTC on 23 June, the animation below shows visible (.63 […]
On 22 June and 23 June 2015 there were multiple fires in Alaska that produced pyroCb. GOES-15 detected the smoke plumes and pyroCb clouds, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting at 21:00 UTC on 22 June, the animation below shows visible (.63 μm) on the left and shortwave IR (3.9 μm) on the right […]
On 20 June 2015 there was a possibility that the Michigan Creek fire at 64.1º N 144.4º W in southern Alaska produced a pyroCb; after further analysis it was determined that this fire did indeed produce a pyroCb. GOES-15 (GOES-West) detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, but unfortunately it was too cloudy for the shortwave IR […]
