On 18 June a pyroCb formed in Alaska. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. The pyroCu (64.5 N 153.2W) occurred at around 1:30 UTC . Starting at 01:00 UTC on 18 June, the animation below shows visible (.63 μm) on the left and shortwave IR (3.9 μm) on the […]
On 16 May a pyroCb formed in British Columbia (~56 N, ~122W). GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at 22:00 UTC on 16 May, the animation below shows visible (.63 μm) on the right and shortwave IR (3.9 μm) on the left (click image to play […]
On 05 May there was a pyroCb in British Columbia at 56.6 N 120 W. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and clouds around the fires, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting at 00:00 UTC on 06 May, the animation below shows visible (0.63 μm) on the left and shortwave IR (3.9 μm) on […]
GOES-15 (GOES-West) Visible (0.63 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed the hot spot (dark black to yellow to red pixels) and the development of pulses of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds associated with a large wildfire located just to the west of Fort McMurray, Alberta (station identifier CYMM) on 03 May 2016. The fire […]
On 10 September a pyroCb formed from the Butte fire in California (38.4 N, 120.7 W). From the CAL FIRE website, this fire started on 09 September and as of 11 September the fire has burned about 50,000 acres. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at […]
On 28 August there was some discussion on whether there was a pyroCb in Montana. Upon further investigation it was found that there was a pyroCb at 48.2 N 113 W. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at 21:00 UTC on 28 August, the animation below […]
