On 24 August there were two pyroCbs near Lake Baikal in Russia. The first pyroCb formed at 52.6 N 109.5 E around 7:00 UTC, and the second pyroCb formed at 53.2 N 109.7 E around 9:00 UTC. Himawari-8 detected the smoke plume and clouds around the fires, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting […]
On 23 August there was a pyroCb in Russia. This pyroCb formed around 51 N 95 E at 09:00 UTC. Himawari-8 detected the smoke plume and clouds around the fires, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting at 09:00 UTC on August 23, the animation below shows visible (.64 μm) on the left and shortwave IR […]
On 22 August there was a pyroCb in Russia. This pyroCb formed at 52.7 N 108 E at 05:00 UTC. Himawari-8 detected the smoke plume and clouds around the fires, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting at 04:30 UTC on August 22, the animation below shows visible (.64 μm) on the left and shortwave IR […]
On 12 August a fire in the state of Washington was investigated for possibly producing a pyroCb. This fire located around 46 N 121.5 W, and showed signs of deep convection and possibly a pyroCb. GOES-15 detected the smoke plume and pyroCb cloud, as well as the fire hot spot. Starting at 18:00 UTC on 12 […]
On 08 August there were two pyroCbs near Lake Baikal in Russia. The first pyroCb formed at 53.5 N 105.6 E around 6:45 UTC. Himawari-8 detected the smoke plume and clouds around the fires, as well as the fire hot spots. Starting at 04:00 UTC on August 08, the animation below shows visible (.64 μm) on the left […]
