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Archive: Fri Mar 2019

Pyrocumulonimbus clouds in Western Australia

Large bushfires burning in the southern portion of the state of Western Australia produced three pyroCumulonimbus (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... Read More