Yukon wildfire produces a pyrocumulonimbus cloud
GOES-18 Day Land Cloud Fire RGB (top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top right), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) (bottom left) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) + Fire Power derived product (bottom right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
At 2130 UTC, the wildfire exhibited a maximum 3.9 µm infrared brightness temperature of 106C, with a Fire Power value of 5257 MW (below).
Cursor-sampled values of GOES-18 Day Land Cloud Fire RGB (top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top right), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) (bottom left) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) + Fire Power derived product (bottom right) at 2130 UTC [click to enlarge]
Cursor-sampled values of GOES-18 Day Land Cloud Fire RGB (top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm, top right), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) (bottom left) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) + Fire Power derived product (bottom right) at 2350 UTC [click to enlarge]