Category Archives: NOAA-20

PyroCbs in Western Australia

Large bushfires burning in the southern portion of the state of Western Australia produced three pyroCb clouds on 01 March 2019. JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed that the pyroCb clouds drifted southeastward after formation. Himawari-8 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (below) further revealed the 3 distinct pyroCb pulses — 2 […]

PyroCb in South Africa

The Garden Route Fires had been burning since about 24 October 2018 near George along the southern coast of South Africa (media story). On 29 October, EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible (0.8 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.92 µm) and Longwave Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed an elongated west-to-east oriented thermal anomaly or fire “hot […]